Carole Moore, a staff writer for the Jacksonville (North Carolina) Daily News, recently wrote this: "A friend once said she believes Hell is whatever one fears the most in life. ... Read More

Humans, orcs, night elves and the undead compete in the popular computer game Warcraft III. Fantasy Flight Games has announced plans to publish a board game version of Warcraft in ... Read More

Topps, a company best known for publishing baseball cards, plans to acquire the game company WizKids, best known for Mage Knight, MechWarrior and HeroClix. Will we soon see Roger Clements ... Read More

Alhambra, a tile-laying game designed by Dirk Henn, has won the 2003 Spiel des Jahres award as Germany's Family Game of the Year. Alhambra is an interesting city-building game in ... Read More

Cosmic Encounter Online is up and running, attracting thousands of players since its debut. With 19 alien powers and more than 4,500 alien combinations, every game can be different. Players ... Read More

A new, turn-based, play-by-email game known as Exodus War has debuted. All that's required to play is an email viewer that accepts HTML email. According to the web site, Exodus ... Read More

Protospiel is an annual convention for aspiring and established game designers. This year's event is scheduled for July 9-12 in Lansing, Michigan. The schedule for Protospiel 2003 includes seminars led ... Read More

Researchers say that playing board games, reading, and other brain-focused activities can help prevent the onset of dementia, including Alzheimer's Disease. According to a study published in the New England ... Read More

The Games We Played was first a terrific exhibit at the New York Historical Society. Now, it's also a wonderful book published by Princeton Architectural Press. If you're interested in ... Read More

To mark the 25th anniversary of Simon, which was one of the very first electronic games, Hasbro will auction off Simon2 games signed by celebrity Simons. The famous Simons include ... Read More

In 1978, a round piece of black plastic with four colored lenses, some lights and electronic sound effects took America by storm. This year, Simon celebrates its 25th anniversary. Chris ... Read More

When the hot, humid summer weather hits, the Norwegian blood that flows through my veins cries out for relief in the form of ice. And although my wife hasn't warmed ... Read More

Is it Don't Break the Ice? Or the hard-to-find Milton Bradley classic Ice Cube? Vote for your favorite ice-themed game in this new poll.

When you get the whole family together, sometimes it can be difficult to choose a game to play. Sometimes it seems like you have too many people for a game, ... Read More

Players race through an ever-changing maze of halls and classrooms to be the first to complete seven assignments in Harry Potter Halls of Hogwarts, the latest board game set in ... Read More

The popular television show is turned into a board game, complete with an 11-song karaoke CD. Find out if the game is as entertaining as the show by reading this ... Read More

Funny Cide didn't come through with the first Triple Crown victory in 25 years, but we can always look forward to next year when another horse will make a run ... Read More

Our Boardgame News page has been updated to include previews of Mammoth Hunters, Lord of the Rings - the Duel, Circus Flohcati and more, in addition to a look at ... Read More

This week's poll asks this question: Which of the three finalists for the 2003 Spiel des Jahres award would you vote for? Register your opinion in the About.com Board Games ... Read More

The winners of the 2003 International Gamers Awards have been announced.

The Spiel des Jahres-nominated game Paris Paris is now available for online play.

Hasbro recently announced that Jive Recording artists Aaron Carter and Nick Carter will lend their voices and moves to the launch of Milton Bradley's new Twister Moves game. Twister Moves, a ... Read More

Hasbro and DreamWorks SKG recently announced an agreement in principle to name Hasbro as the worldwide master toy and board game licensee for two of DreamWorks' upcoming animated feature films ... Read More

On June 14, 2003, girls and boys from across the United States will unveil their toys in the culmination of TOYchallenge, a national toy- and game-design competition designed to encourage ... Read More

This week's freebie is Nibelungenlied, which is -- by far -- the most uniquely named finalist in the 2003 Simultaneous Movement Board Game Design Competition. Designed for two players, and ... Read More

Finding Nemo topped the box office this weekend, taking in more than $70 million -- the largest opening weekend ever for an animated film. If you're among the many who ... Read More