Tabletop Games Blog · September 8, 2026 · 12 min
Artistic Board Games - how board games are more than visually pleasing (Topic Discussion)
Art is often something we look at, listen to or watch, while board games are discussed in terms of entertainment, strategy and social interaction. Yet, board games are created through imagination, skill and deliberate choices. Board game designers can shape emotions, represent ideas and create systems that shape how players experience a perspective. Of course, the artwork in a board game is art in the traditional sense, but that is not what I want to explore in this article. Instead, I want to look at how board games themselves, their mechanisms and systems, function as a form of artistic expression in their own right. Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2026/09/08/artistic-board-games-how-board-games-are-more-than-visually-pleasing-topic-discussion/ Useful Links Oxford Dictionary of English 's definition of "art": https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780199571123.001.0001/m_en_gb0041510?d=%2F10.1093%2Facref%2F9780199571123.001.0001%2Fm_en_gb0041510&p=emailAQmRX9Y8JWyEk Wingspan review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/03/16/wingspan/ Natalia Rojas interview: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/11/11/natalia-rojas-let-me-illustrate/ Nemesis review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/06/18/nemesis-saturday-review/ Undaunted: Normandy review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/07/23/undaunted-normandy-saturday-review/ Brass: Birmingham review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2023/04/01/brass-birmingham-deluxe-saturday-review/ Music Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot ( https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/ ) Easy by Ron Gelinas Chill Beats | https://open.spotify.com/artist/03JYfsI9Ke7JFuxHD239m2 Royalty Free Music by https://www.free-stock-music.com Downtown Glow by Ghostrifter Official feat. Devyzed | https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official https://soundcloud.com/devyzed Royalty Free Music by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-ND 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/ Support If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/support/ (Photo by Anna Kolosyuk on Unsplash)