Mark Jackson, a gamer who lives in California and maintains the terrific web site Game Central Station, compiles an annual list of the most played games. This year, 75 gamers ... Read More

A board game based on the hit television series CSI - Crime Scene Investigation is now available. Published by Specialty Board Games, the CSI board game was on display at ... Read More

A new DVD game will be released later this year by Pressman Toys. A mockup of the box for the Atmosfear DVD Board Game was on display at Pressman's booth ... Read More

One of the games on display at the 2004 American International Toy Fair is meant to get wet: The Pool Game, which promises to "transform your pool into a giant ... Read More

Following in the tradition of the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Rock Walk of Fame, the World Poker Tour Poker Walk of Fame has been unveiled.

Rio Grande Games has once again updated its production schedule for early 2004. The Bohnanza Expansion will now be published in the fall.

Mayfair Games, the English-language publisher of Settlers of Catan, announced recently that Microsoft will create the Catan Online Game, scheduled to appear this summer. Available on Microsoft's Premium Game Service, the ... Read More

The Rocky Mountain News recently compared two DVD-based board games: Scene It? and the Trivial Pursuit Pop Culture DVD Edition. Their conclusion: Scene It? makes the grade, but the Trivial ... Read More

A sequel to Jumanji, a movie about a board game that could come to life, reportedly is close to finding a director. Jon Favreau (Elf) is negotiating with Columbia Pictures, ... Read More

Hasbro had a lot of games on display in their Toy Fair showroom, none more impressive than HeroScape. The game comes with dozens of painted plastic miniatures, each representing a ... Read More

Hasbro announced recently that they have successfully settled a lawsuit to stop the sale of fake Beyblade toys that infringe on Hasbro's trademarks. "Hasbro aggressively defends its trademarks and intellectual property," ... Read More

Hasbro Games was awarded the highest honor for a toy or game marketing campaign recently when the Toy Industry Association bestowed the Marketing Campaign of the Year Award to the ... Read More

At the American International Toy Fair, Cranium, Inc., was awarded the Toy Industry Association's 2003 Game of the Year for Cranium Hullabaloo, subtitled "The Game of Tunes, Twists, and Topsy-Turvy ... Read More

"Foot traffic was steady at the Jacob Javits Convention Center, as buyers tossed balls, poked plush animals, squeezed crib toys and tried their luck at board games, looking for something ... Read More

The company Jumpin' Banana was on hand at the 2004 American International Toy Fair to showcase games which promise "shocking good fun." Lightning Reaction is a game for up to ... Read More

Villa Paletti, an award-winning dexterity game and my choice as the third-best dexterity game, has been picked up by University Games. The company had the game on display at NYC ... Read More

The American International Toy Fair is halfway over now, and this year's edition has a lot of interesting board and card games on display. Rick Thornquist of Game Wire has ... Read More

According to economics professor Benjamin Powell and economics major David Skarbek, Monopoly "is wrong on the central point of economic decision making: who is in control of what is produced ... Read More

Cranium, Inc., has announced three new games to be released in 2004: Cranium Turbo Edition, Cranium Zigity, and Cranium Balloon Lagoon. According to a company press release, Cranium Turbo Edition "cranks ... Read More

Warner Brothers has announced several licensing deals at the 2004 American International Toy Fair, including the expected publication of a game based on Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, Scooby-Doo Monopoly, ... Read More

Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro, was expected to unveil several new trading card games at the American International Toy Fair in New York today, including Duel Masters, ... Read More

Upper Deck Entertainment has announced plans to publish Bratz Fashion Party Fever, which the company calls "the newest and most stylish trading card game made just for girls." The game ... Read More

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer's Retail Noetbook section this week focused on Cheapass Games, headquarted in Ballard, Washington. Company founder James Ernest is quoted extensively. Among the highlights: about 40,000 copies of ... Read More

Face 2 Face Games, which so far has released only I'm the Boss -- a classic negotiation game designed by Sid Sackson -- has announced additional upcoming games. Previously announced ... Read More

Hasbro, a publicly traded company, recently reported that net revenues were up by 11.4% in 2003, to a total of $3.1 billion. Revenues in the Games segment were $804.5 million ... Read More

Playing games with young children is a great way to teach them many different skills they'll need later in life -- taking turns, being a good sport, analyzing options, and ... Read More

After hearing his now infamous "I Have a Scream" speech, one could be tempted to suggest that Democrat presidential candidate Howard Dean's favorite card game is Crazy Eights. But it's ... Read More

The 2004 American International Toy Fair is scheduled for February 15 to 18 in New York City, and I'll be on hand to report on the new and upcoming games ... Read More

The latest game from Uberplay Entertainment, Tongiaki, is all about boating from island to island in a tropical sea. So it's only natural that the company would celebrate its release ... Read More

The board game version of A Game of Thrones has won significant praise since its release last year, including a rating of 8.07 (out of 10) on BoardGameGeek.com. Now, a ... Read More

At Naperville Central High School in suburban Chicago, students can no longer play card games after the student newspaper revealed that some students were gambling and exchanging money later, when ... Read More

The debut of the World Poker Tour on network television was successful, as the Travel Channel World Poker Tour Battle of Champions scored a 3.0 overnight rating last Sunday, meaning ... Read More

Trump - The Game, a board game featuring the visage of Donald Trump on the cover, recently was featured on the reality television series The Apprentice. It looked fun on ... Read More

Uberplay Entertainment has announced plans to publish The Motley Fool Buy High, Sell Low Game in conjunction with the stock market web site Fool.com and award-winning game designer Reiner Knizia. Buy ... Read More

The February 2004 issue of The Games Journal, a web-based periodical about board and card games, has been posted to the web. Features in this issue include Name That Card, a ... Read More

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel recently ran an interesting article about Inland Press, a company that recently began to print board games like Loaded Questions and Switcharoo.

Patch Products announced recently that it has sold three game brands to Mattel: TriBond, Blurt and Mad Gab. "We felt that this was the right time to sell these brands," ... Read More