[nnnnni]

It looks like there is a fairly active IRC channel for modern boardgames called #boardgames on Freenode. http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23boardgames

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/ is the IMDB of boardgames.

[epsylon]

If you read French (or want to improve yours :-)), there's also the French site TricTrac: http://www.trictrac.net/