The Cheapass Album: Songs About or Inspired by Cheapass Games is probably the most surprising game-related item I've seen this year. The 11-track CD, featuring the Chicago-area band Beatnik Turtles, ... Read More

Recently, I saw an article titled something like, "Places You Should Visit Before You Die" and started thinking about how that concept might apply to games. I think that entries ... Read More

Kill Doctor Lucky, published by Cheapass Games, is now available for online play at Game Table Online. To celebrate the launch of this game, GTO will be running two free ... Read More

Today's edition of the Toronto Star features a fairly lengthy article about the Canadian inventors of Trivial Pursuit, Scott Abbott and Chris Haney. The article details the game's origin, including ... Read More

We're giving away a copy of the deduction game Coda, and it's easy for you to have a chance to win. Just enter the About.com Board/Card Games Dream Game by ... Read More

This review of Mystery of the Abbey, one of my picks for the best mystery games, is interesting because it's written from the perspective of someone who doesn't play games ... Read More

If you're a fan of Scrabble, check out "Craziest," a short film about Scrabble by Liz Dubelman available online in Flash format. The film follows one player on her quest ... Read More

The winners of the 2004 International Gamers Awards have been announced. In the multi-player category, Saint Petersburg pulled out the win, while Memoir '44 took the two-player honors. The IGAs, ... Read More

The ninth U.S. edition of Survivor -- Survivor Vanuatu -- debuts tonight (Sept. 16, 2004). Since Survivor 3 (Africa), I've predicting the winner based on the favorite board games listed ... Read More

About.com has a new Game Center -- arcade.about.com -- and I'm finding that it's a great way to waste... uh, spend time with clever games. These are all computer games, ... Read More

The new Milton Bradley game HeroScape is getting a lot of attention --deservedly so, in my view -- and fan sites are starting to pop up. The site HeroScape.net has ... Read More

Karibik, a pirate-themed game set in the Caribbean, is scheduled to be published in October by Winning Moves. One of the designers, Michael Antonow, indicated to me that one of ... Read More

Screenlife, makers of the DVD game Scene It?, recently announced that the Scene It? TV Edition will be available exclusively in Circuit City stores during the month of September 2004. According ... Read More

With the explosion of interest in Texas Hold 'Em Poker, there's also been an unfortunate increase in gambling addiction. Ryan Johnson, a student at the University of Arizona, has written ... Read More

Rio Grande Games has updated its publication schedule for the final four months of 2004. Upcoming games include Master Thieves, Fearsome Floors, High Bohn Plus, Mall World and Dawn Under.

The 2004 Million Minute Family Challenge, sponsored by Patch Products, is now underway. The goal of this annual event is to encourage families and friends to play more games -- ... Read More

In this U.S. presidential election year, numerous decks of playing cards with a political twist are being published. My personal favorite is Politicards, a non-partisan deck which features caricatures of ... Read More

Read'em, published by Rumba Games, is a family game that combines the skill of word-building with the thrill of poker. The object is to win chips from other players by ... Read More