An upcoming board game will challenge players to best Ken Jennings, the $2.5 million Jeopardy champion, in a trivia competition. Can You Beat Ken? will be launched by University Games ... Read More

The Smoking Gun has posted documents filed by the United States government seeking to destroy about 63,000 copies of Ghettopoly. Apparently, game creator David Chang has 30 days to respond ... Read More

Rob Wilde, About.com's Guide to European History, says that board game designers have given us "a huge range of challenges and styles of play" with games focused on elements of ... Read More

As 2004 comes to a close, it's always fun to look back at the year that was. Here are my picks for the Top 10 Games of 2004 (overall), the ... Read More

Are you unusually unlucky when it comes to rolling dice? Investing in a pair of dice that's more, uh, reliable might be just what you need. Loaded dice -- which ... Read More

Bluffing is a crucial skill for Poker -- and it also comes in handy when playing games like Liar's Dice and my other picks for the best bluffing games.

Telling a good story is truly an art, and these games -- my picks for the best storytelling games -- challenge you to become a storyteller. These games tend to ... Read More

Pictionary is probably the best-known of these games, but there are several other great games that challenge players to draw or sculpt (using clay) in order to win. Here are ... Read More

Scrabble is, hands down, the most popular word game in the world. These books can help improve your Scrabble skills; one puts you inside the minds of the top Scrabble ... Read More

If you want to be invited back to play Poker with a group of people, there are two options: lose a lot of money, or stay within the bounds of ... Read More

Games that focus on words have a special place in my heart. Scrabble tops this list, but take a peek and see what other word games deserve your attention.

Word games are a great way to help young children learn how to read and spell, or to help older children really fall in love with words. Here are my ... Read More

In Sentence Says, players have to make sentences. The trick is that they have to make sentences using only words that begin with the letters on the cards they're dealt. ... Read More

Many times, the games that I enjoy the most can only be found at hobby stores or online shops. But there are some great games that can be found easily ... Read More

In the growing genre of DVD games, one company has burst onto the scene with four releases this year: Imagination DVD. The four games are Family Feud, Screen Test!, Fact ... Read More

If you're shopping for a dad and want to buy him a game, I have five recommendations for you. There's a dexterity game, an auto racing game, a World War ... Read More

Each year, Games magazine publishes a buyer's guide with 100 of the games that, according to the magazine, "over the course of the year, proved to be the favorites of ... Read More

About.com Board/Card Games is sponsoring our Fifth Annual Game Design competition, this year with the theme of Deduction. The goal is simple: design a great two-player deduction game using pieces ... Read More

These are my picks for the best small games of 2004 -- games which are inexpensive and can fit into a Christmas stocking but are still fantastic games. If you ... Read More

The category of racing games covers a fairly wide spectrum, much more than games about automobile racing. This list of my picks for the best race games includes just one ... Read More

Sometimes, you just don't have a lot of time to play board games. When that happens to you, make sure you have one or more of these great short and ... Read More

These games, my picks for the best dexterity games, challenge players physically as well as mentally. A steady hand will help you win, and nerves are the enemy.