Ticket to Ride is an absolutely top-notch game with broad appeal, playing in less than an hour and providing a lot of depth without being complicated. Players compete to build ... Read More

Board games are popular in Iceland, particularly as winter approaches. "We have 24 hours of light in the summer and that is enough," one hardy resident told The Guardian. ... Read More

I absolutely believe that playing games is a great way to build relationships: with your spouse, your boyfriend or girlfriend, your children, your friends... anyone. But it doesn't always work ... Read More

The annual Toy Fair at Essen, Germany, always sees the release of many great games, and this year appears to be no exception. At Gamewire, Rick Thornquist is filing reports ... Read More

The Daily Record in Britain recently reported that 60 percent of people surveyed believe "that bending the rules [is] 'part of the fun of playing games.'" To which I say: ... Read More

"Poker is more irritatingly overexposed than Paris Hilton. And quite possibly a greater threat to our fair republic." So says Patrick Hruby in the Washington Times. I don't agree with ... Read More

Christmas Gamesake, published by Jocapa Products, allows families to customize the game and create a keepsake. The game comes with 300 "gift cards" which are part of the game and ... Read More

Hundreds of thousands of Americans have voted to diagnose Cavity Sam, the eternal patient of Hasbro's classic board game Operation, with a new ailment. And the winner is...

According to a report from seven.com.au, a NeoPets promotion at Australian McDonald's restaurants is encouraging young children to gamble. The article says a McDonald's NeoPets giveaway points kids to a ... Read More

Murphy's Rules 2, a collection of game-related comics featuring the work of John Kovalik, is scheduled for release in February 2005. The comics included poke fun at silly and nonsensical ... Read More

Steve Jackson Games has announced that Munchkin Fu 2: Monky Business, the sequel to Munchkin Fu -- which won the Gamer's Choice Award at Origins 2003 as the Best Card ... Read More

Antonio Zafra Fernandez, 36, from Madrid, Spain, today won the 2004 Monopoly World Championship in Tokyo. Fernandez emerged as the top player in a two-day tournament that featured national champions ... Read More

Game publisher Days of Wonder recently announced a free, limited-edition expansion pack for their award-winning board game Ticket to Ride, one of the few games I've given a five-star rating ... Read More

The 2004 Monopoly World Championship is taking place this weekend in Tokyo, Japan, and the field has been narrowed to four finalists. The championship showdown features Anthony Redmond, 36, from ... Read More

Ben Affleck, David Schwimmer and William H. Macy will star in an upcoming film about Poker, according to reports from Variety magazine. Zak Penn (Incident at Loch Ness) will direct, ... Read More

The latest issue of The Games Journal is now available, and the "Misadventures in Gaming" article by Dan Bosley is an absolute must-read. Bosley is a master at describing his ... Read More