GreedQuest, the latest release from Steve Jackson Games, is available now. According to the game's web site, "Three to six players race to the bottom of the dungeon to grab ... Read More

Employees of U.S. Games Systems have sent 1,000 copies of the company's most popular game, Wizard, to U.S. troops serving in Iraq. According to an article at Newsday.com, enclosed with ... Read More

Eric Johnston and Thomas Bao, students from Terman Middle School in Palo Alto, California, won the 2004 National School Scrabble Championship yesterday. The team of was the only one to ... Read More

Patch Products has become the United Service Organizations' (USO) newest official sponsor, donating more than $30,000 worth of products and cash to support programs and services for military personnel and ... Read More

The Patriot Act Game, designed to inspire conversation about and resistance to the Patriot Act in the United States, is now available. According to the game's web site, "While learning ... Read More

Pax TV has announced plans to launch a new half-hour primetime game show this summer based on the board game Balderdash. Pax TV has placed an initial order for 26 ... Read More

Hasbro recently reported its financial results for the first quarter of 2004. Worldwide net revenues for the quarter were $474.2 million compared to $461.8 million a year ago; revenues in ... Read More

Carl Hunnell, managing editor of the News Journal in central Ohio, admits that he's addicted to Euchre. "In-person. Online. It doesn't matter," he wrote in a recent column. "If there ... Read More

The movie New York Minute, starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, follows the adventures had by two sisters as they travel together from their Long Island home to Manhattan. The New ... Read More

Paul Evans has written a report on the 2004 London Toy Fair with a strong focus on games, including the upcoming European releases from Hasbro, Winning Moves, and many other ... Read More

In a recent post to an email discussion group, game designer Alan R. Moon said this about his most recent game, Ticket to Ride: "I was working on a more ... Read More

By knowing a little trivia, you can enter to win a copy of Ticket to Ride, the latest board game from Alan R. Moon. This contest is sponsored by Game ... Read More

Fishing for Terrorists is a new take on the classic game Go Fish, a "refreshingly good and simple card game" according to About.com's Guide to Roleplaying Games, Jody Harkavy. The ... Read More

Barry Shulman is a champion Poker player and publisher of Card Player magazine. In this interview with BusinessWeek magazine, Shulman talks about the resurgence in Poker's popularity.

Alien Menace Games has announced the upcoming publication of a game designed by the late Graham Chapman, a member of Monty Python, and has published a color edition of the ... Read More

The April 2004 issue of The Games Journal, a monthly online publication, is now available. Features this month include Special K: An Update by Larry Levy, Recurring Themes by Anthony ... Read More

The latest game from WizKids, makers of Mage Knight, MechWarrior and HeroClix, is Pirates of the Spanish Main. Billed as "the world's first constructible strategy game," Pirates of the Spanish ... Read More

This is the first year I've tried to keep track of every game I've played, and in the first quarter of 2004 I played 54 different games a total of ... Read More

The new book Bobby Fischer Goes to War, written by David Edmonds and John Eidinow, covers the 1972 match in Iceland between Fischer, an American, and world chess champion Boris ... Read More

Atari has shipped Trivial Pursuit Unhinged, a video game edition of the popular board game for the XBox and PlayStation 2. The game includes six celebrity hosts: Terry Bradshaw, Brooke ... Read More