Jose Veras, 73, and Geraldo Perez, 61, were ticketed recently by the New York Police Department for playing dominoes in Joyce Kilmer Park, near Yankee Stadium. OK, technically, the ticket ... Read More

Fightball takes basketball into the future, with shooters and blockers, shots and balls being played all over the court at a furious pace. The best coached team will win.

Boggle Jr. is a delightful first word game for children, helping them to master the alphabet and spell simple words like map, lion, bus and sock.

Vampire, a card game for 3 to 5 players, will be made available for online play at GameTable Online. In this game, players are vampire hunters trying to capture as ... Read More

Condottiere, a card game for 2 to 6 players, will be made available for online play at GameTable Online. In the game, players use a unique deck of cards and ... Read More

Many new games are unveiled every year at the Essen game fair in Germany, and this year's Essen fair is about to come to a close. Both Kulkmann's G@mebox and ... Read More

New England, a game by Alan R. Moon and Aaron Weissblum, has been named "Game of the Year" by Games magazine. In the game, players are pilgrims who must develop ... Read More

David Chang, the maker of the controversial board game Ghettopoly, has posted a "Message to the Haters" on the game's official web site. The message reads, in part, "Is Jay ... Read More

Hasbro this week made good on its threat to sue the manufacturer of Ghettopoly, filing suit in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island against David Chang for continuing to sell ... Read More

This story in the Tallahassee Democrat got it right: "Whether it's for the competition or the socializing, the laughter or the good food, the time away from home or the ... Read More

As part of a promotion for National Game Playing Week in the United Kingdom, real surgeons took part in an Operation tournament. 39-year-old orthopaedic surgeon Matthew Burwell won.

Hasbro reported good financial results for the third quarter of 2003. Revenues in the Games segment of the company were $250.2 million for the quarter, up 11% over last year. The ... Read More

The 2003 National Monopoly Championship is history, and it was won by Matt McNally, of Irvine, California. McNally won $15,140 in real cash -- the same amount of money that's included ... Read More

Deadwood, a game about making really bad B-movies, is one of Cheapass Games' best sellers. The most recent addition to the Deadwood universe is On Location, a new set of ... Read More

Fish Eat Fish, designed by Reiner Knizia, is a clever abstract game that can be played and enjoyed by novices and children, but offers enough depth to appeal to serious ... Read More

The Top Trumps card games, based on the children's game War, won't win awards for strategic gaming, but they will provide hours of inexpensive fun for children who enjoy the ... Read More

Here's a roundup of the latest news reports about the 2003 National Monopoly Championship, which began on Thursday (Oct. 16) and ended today. Winchester Star Dallas-Ft. Worth Star-Telegram Frankfort, Indiana, Times Portland Oregonian Access North ... Read More

The winner of the board game Who's Having This Baby Anyway?, which has been selected by Lamaze International as a leading resource in childbirth and early parenting, is the first ... Read More

"King Me! is a charming and clever bluffing game in which players try to manipulate a common set of pawns so that they (hopefully) score more points at the end ... Read More

If Cindy Long hadn't been playing cards online last weekend, she doesn't believe that she would be alive right now. Long, who lives in Sarasota, Florida, began to feel chest pains, ... Read More

"Multiplication tables were a mystery to many of the students at Alexandria's Patrick Henry Elementary School, until they buckled down and started playing board games." That's the lead to this ... Read More

The Pettaquamscutt Historical Society in Kingston, Rhode Island, will host an exhibition titled, "Let the Games Begin: Indoor Games for Young and Old, 1820 - 1950," Oct. 26, 2003, through ... Read More

Children who watch the popular Kim Possible cartoon series will enjoy this new game from Milton Bradley / Hasbro, and the advanced rules will keep parents interested.

The About.com Board/Card Games Forum has news on a variety of upcoming board and card games, including Conquest of the Empire, The Palace of Alhambra, Zombies!!! 3.5: Not Dead Yet!, ... Read More

Hasbro is demanding that David Chang, designer and manufacturer of the controversial Ghettopoly, immediately stop selling the game to retailers worldwide. "We want to make it clear that Hasbro has ... Read More

The About.com Board/Card Games Forum's Dream Game is simple: Send in seven answers in each of three categories. Your goal is to match as many answers as possible from other ... Read More

The early rounds of the 2003 National Monopoly Championship will be held aboard a train from Oct. 16 to 18. The tournament will start aboard a chartered Amtrak train (the ... Read More

Each year, the U.S. Mint releases five new state quarters (in 2003, the states were Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Maine and Missouri). Too Many Georges is a "collectible coin game" which ... Read More

Cavity Sam, the poor guy who's been subjected to procedures by millions of amateur surgeons worldwide -- people playing the game Operation, is going to have a new ailment. And ... Read More

Ghettopoly -- a parody of Monopoly that features playing pieces in the shape of a machine gun, a marijuana leaf and a 40-ounce bottle of beer -- is drawing criticism ... Read More

At least two decks of playing cards have been inspired by the governor recall election in California. California Total Recall Playing Cards feature 52 color photos of candidates with real quotes ... Read More

The October 2003 issue of The Games Journal includes a review of the first annual Chicago International Toy and Game Fair, an interview with the instructor of a Game Design ... Read More

The new Neopets Trading Card Game, published by Wizards of the Coast, is now available. The $9.99 starter game comes with two 30-card decks, a playmat, rules, six-sided dice, and ... Read More

In June, researchers said that playing games can help prevent the onset of dementia. In August, research suggested that playing games might be an effective treatment for Alzheimer's patients. Now, ... Read More

A $100,000 Scrabble competition was filmed recently and is scheduled to air on the cable sports network ESPN sometime this fall, according to a newspaper report. A column in The Ledger ... Read More

Poker tournaments, mainly the World Poker Tournament -- which is seen on the Travel Channel -- were profiled recently in USA Today. According to the article, which appeared in the Oct. ... Read More