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Help us Write Game Reviews

Monday, October 27th, 2008

Love sitting down to a board game with friends or family?

Enjoy sharing your opinion with others in written form?

Then please accept our invitation to have your articles published on the Wholesale Board Games Blog.
EARN STORE CREDIT for well-written product reviews, white papers, and other miscellaneous articles.

HOW IT WORKS

1.  Choose a Topic
Want to write about your favorite board game?  Review a card game?  Offer suggestions for good games for educating children? Have a few game tactics up your sleeve you wouldn’t mind sharing?  Tips for beginners?  Share your opinion!  Check in the comments below to see if your game review idea hasn’t already been taken.
2.  Submit Your Idea for Approval
Submit your idea by leaving a comment below. Your idea submission should include your name and email address along with your article’s topic, a brief outline, and expected word count.  Don’t worry, your comment will not be posted – Using the comments to contact the blog editor is simply the easiest way to go.  We will let you know as soon as possible if your topic is approved. A topic may be declined if it has already been covered recently, or if it is irrelevant or inappropriate.
3.  Write Your Article!
Be sure to wait until you’ve received approval, so you’re not wasting your time!  The blog editor will email you (using the email you provided in your comment) to let you know.  Now write!  Make it informational, entertaining or both! Edit it well – authors who submit poorly written articles may not be asked to author again.
4.  Submit Your Finished Article
You’ll be given more instructions on how to submit the final article when your idea is approved.
5.  Your Article Will be Edited and Posted
Articles requiring too much editing will be sent back to the author for re-writing. We reserve the right to edit your submission in any way. Your style is important, and we will try hard to preserve that style. However, we may edit for grammar, clarity, organization, appropriateness, or liveliness – and we reserve the right to decide what entails the definition of each of those points. You will be notified once the article has been edited and accepted. The timeline for posting articles is entirely at our discretion.  Blog authors can choose whether or not their name appears as the author of their article.
6.  Collect Your Store Credit and Spend!
You will receive $.07 store credit per word. ($17.50 cash for 250 words, $35 cash for 500 words, etc). Payment will be received after the article has been posted. It is important to note that unnecessary words/fluff, run-on sentences, and wordy paragraphs will be edited and removed from the article, and payment adjusted.

Wholesale Board Games Sister Company Donates to Troops

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
Troops in Iraq using Chess Sets

Troops in Iraq using Chess Sets

I know . . . it’s not board game related news, but I thought this was certainly worth-while. This article was recently posted on Wholesale Chess’ Blog (sister company to Wholesale Board Games).

What a great picture . . . what better way to relieve stress and exercise your thinking capacities then sitting down with a chess set and playing a good game of chess? (more…)

Welcome to the Wholesale Board Games Blog

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Welcome to the new Wholesale Board Games News blog. Stay tuned throughout the next few weeks as we add content related to board games to our blog including information on Wholesale Board Games promotions and specials, board game resources, member feedback and responses, and the occasional board game review.