Joel Berger, 14, of Leawood, Kansas, has been named the World's Best Simon2 Player and will have his name added to the Guinness Book of World Records for his efforts. ... Read More

As we prepare for a new season of American Idol on television, Fleer -- the trading card company -- has won the license to produce an American Idol card game ... Read More

Uberplay Entertainment is an ambitious new game publisher, and according to this article in the King County (Washington) Journal is on track for $1 million in sales its first year. ... Read More

In addition to the news items published on the front page of this site, news is added to the About.com Board/Card Games Forum regularly. Recent updates include information about Hoity ... Read More

David Hallmark wanted to design a maze game in which players would never see the same maze twice. With Googolplex, he thinks he has succeeded. Googolplex is a game with 36 ... Read More

Modernists are pushing. Traditionalists are cringing. The result is yet to be determined. The issue? Whether or not words used in mobile telephone text messages and Internet chat rooms should ... Read More

Thanksgiving in the United States provides a great opportunity to play games with your family. This article in the Palm Beach Post describes the board games some Florida residents will ... Read More

We are living in a truly golden age for board games and card games. Designers and publishers from around the world, large and small, are putting out wonderful games for ... Read More

Philip Orbanes, a game historian, former executive at Parker Brothers and current president of Winning Moves Games, has penned The Game Makers: The Story of Parker Brothers, from Tiddledy Winks ... Read More

Since Saturday Morning Gamer went on haitus with the introduction of the new blog format here at About.com Board/Card Games, I've not posted much about my own gaming experiences. Time ... Read More

Looney Labs, publisher of the Fluxx card game, has announced the introduction of Stoner Fluxx, a version of Fluxx being marketed as a fundraiser for the legalization of marijuana. In publishing ... Read More

The movie Finding Nemo is now out on DVD. The Finding Nemo board game, published by Milton Bradley, is bound to bring together parents and children for many nights of ... Read More

Avalon Hill, a division of Hasbro, has announced plans to publish a revised edition of the classic war game Axis & Allies in 2004.

Front Porch Classics, makers of Dread Pirate, Tornado Tops and Old Century Baseball, has teamed with 20th Century Fox to publish a board game based on the film Master and ... Read More

In Cargo, an upcoming game from Wingnut Games (publishers of Battle Cattle), players are taking part in the Boston Tea Party. The twist is that in addition to throwing tea ... Read More

The Haunting House is a board game from the company that publishes Zombies!!!. Scheduled for publication in January 2004, The Haunting House features 38 tiles that make up the board, ... Read More

If you've ever been intimidated by wine snobs, or if you ever wanted to learn more about wine, a board game has been designed with you in mind. Winerd (wine-nerd, ... Read More

Scene It? was the first board game to incorporate DVD technology. This year, the Trivial Pursuit DVD Pop Culture also entered the DVD trivia game category (look for a review ... Read More

Every morning and every night on New Jersey Transit's North Jersey Coast Line, there's a game of Gin going on. And, according to an article in the New Jersey Star-Ledger, ... Read More

Chinese Squabble is the creation of Anton Xie, a 30-year-old engineer who was looking for a way to teach the Chinese language. According to an article at TaiwanNews.com, the game ... Read More

Have you heard the term "German games" and wondered what it meant? Perhaps you read the term in an article or review on this site. (German games are often called ... Read More

WizKids, a subsidiary of The Topps Company, has unveiled plans to market MLB SportsClix, a collectable baseball game, under a licensing agreement with Major League Baseball and the Major League ... Read More

Fans of Cranium can now customize the party game with cards about their own family, friends and city -- for free. Cranium Custom, new themed Cranium cards, are available in ... Read More

I must admit that a game which enthusiasts cheerfully report "requires no brain power" holds little interest for me. Not that I need a mind-twisting game every time I play. ... Read More

The November 2003 issue of The Games Journal, an online periodical about board and card games, is now available. Features include Essen 2003, a report on the German game fair by ... Read More

Games come and go, but a few endure and become engrained in popular culture. Many of those games have been honored by induction into the Games magazine Hall of Fame. ... Read More

One False Step for Mankind is a serious strategy game from Cheapass Games, a company known for its lighter, more humorous take on games. It works fairly well, but is ... Read More

Slick, cool and loads of fun, Thingamajig is a great game for group gatherings, offering plenty of laugh-out-loud moments.

A look at the board and card games which earned high praise in the 2004 Games 100 from Games Magazine. This annual list provides a great look at many of ... Read More

Three Seattle game makers -- Screenlife, Cranium and Front Porch Classics -- have raised $30 million in venture capital financing in the past six months. An article in the Seattle ... Read More