Snipe Hunt is the first game from a new publisher, Pegamoose Games. In Snipe Hunt, players are all chasing the snipe and trying to bring it back to the ranger ... Read More

The Chicago International Toy and Game Fair (CHITAG) -- coming up this weekend (Sept. 4, 5 and 6) -- gives the general public the opportunity to preview, play with, and ... Read More

Earlier this month, GameTable Online announced that it will make the award-winning game Tigris and Euphrates available for online play. In T&E, players build civilizations though tile placement. Each player ... Read More

Fans of G.I. Joe and trading card game players can now play the new G.I. Joe Trading Card Game, which has been released by Wizards of the Coast. The game ... Read More

Atlanta native Brian Kibler is $40,000 richer after becoming the first-ever winner in Upper Deck Entertainment's new Vs. System Pro Circuit Tournament. Kibler was one of over 250 'Vs. System' ... Read More

Pokemon USA recently announced the winners of the 2004 Pokemon Trading Card Game World Championships held this weekend in Orlando, Florida. The invitation-only event attracted approximately 300 players from 28 ... Read More

An official preview of Betrayal at House on the Hill is now available at the Avalon Hill web site. This preview is the first in a series written by game ... Read More

Election Quest will appeal primarily to those fascinated by United States politics in 2004. Few others will have interest in it, as the gameplay is too weak to appeal to ... Read More

A major new exhibition at the Asia Society Museum in New York City examines the art and legacy of games in Asia. The exhibition, Asian Games: The Art of Contest, ... Read More

If Toys R Us follows through on its announced plan to sell its 1262 stores, there will be a dramatic impact on the toy and game industries. Exactly what the ... Read More

Due out in September 2004, Betrayal at House on the Hill is definitely the most anticipated game of the year for me (and 2004 has been a great year for ... Read More

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie hasn't received much positive press since its release on Friday. Michael Rechtshaffen, a reviewer for Reuters, called it "a blatant marketing scheme masquerading (just barely) as a ... Read More

The Herald Sun in Australia recently took a look at the DVD game Scene It? and an upcoming DVD horror game, Atmosfear -- which is a remake of a game ... Read More

According to "trendscouts" at Euro RSCG, which describes itself as "an integrated communications agency" which "regularly check[s] the pulse of youth culture around the globe," a rising interest in sobriety ... Read More

The Australian version of Trivial Pursuit's 20th anniversary edition has been pulled from shelves in that country's Northern Territory, according to ABC News in Australia. The game became the subject ... Read More

The finalists for the 2004 International Gamers Awards have been announced, and the list of multi-player games is led by Ticket to Ride and San Juan. The IGAs are presented ... Read More

The complete rules for three more of the finalists in the 2004 Shared Pieces Game Design Competition are now available. These are all excellent games you can play for free ... Read More

At the Museum of Childhood at Bethnal Green in London, one of the permanent displays includes tables inlaid with board games from around the world.

A new game targeted at those on the left wing of the political spectrum is now available: LiberalOpoly. To get an idea of the kind humor used in the parody ... Read More

"I watch my kids play [card games], and I feel they're challenging their brains in ways the school curriculum cannot." That's what one mother told the Marin (California) Independent Journal, ... Read More

Trey Wright, a 30-year-old musician from Van Nuys, California, is the new United States National Scrabble Champion. Wright won the final over David Gibson (himself a former national champion), 365-328, ... Read More

This year's national Scrabble championship, portions of which will air on cable sports channel ESPN, included a bit of three-letter word controversy. According to the Associated Press, a player who ... Read More

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie is due to be released in theaters next week. The film is rated PG and is based on the trading card game and cartoon series Yu-Gi-Oh!. It ... Read More

Attorneys for a man accused of killing a backpacker in Australia are upset over the fact that the 20th Anniversary Australian edition of Trivial Pursuit includes a question related to ... Read More

The August 2004 issue of The Games Journal, an online periodical devoted to games, and one that's always worth reading, is now available. Features include "German Games are Fraudulent!" by ... Read More

The Turner Classic Movies cable network and Screenlife, publisher of Scene It?, recently announced a new addition to Screenlife's DVD game line-up: Scene It? The Turner Classic Movies Edition. Like ... Read More