This weekend, Kuala Lumpur is the place to be for gaming enthusiasts. Gamecon-1, the first-ever game convention in Malaysia, is scheduled to take place Dec. 3 and 4 at the ... Read More

A light blue airplane. A three-inch-tall pink flamingo. If that sounds familiar to you, you can help scratch a "cranial itch" for PJfarmer in our discussion forum. PJ's trying to ... Read More

"If it's a choice between a Hollywood premiere and a board game, she'll take the board game." That's what a recent report on NBC4.tv said about actress Daryl Hannah -- ... Read More

A 38-year-old mathematician from Montreal is the new World Scrabble Champion. Adam Logan won $15,000 for his victory at the 2005 World Scrabble Championships in London. He defeated Thailand's Pakorn ... Read More

Inspired by the computer game of the same name, Railroad Tycoon: The Boardgame has been released by publisher Eagle Games. Designed by Martin Wallace and Glenn Drover, the game is ... Read More

Race Day and High Stakes Drifter, two new games from WizKids, are now available. Race Day is a NASCAR-themed auto racing game with 28 cars available -- including those driven ... Read More

I traveled to the Eastern Pennsylvania Gaming Society for the first time yesterday, meeting a friend from Wisconsin who's in the process of moving to the Philadelphia area. I played ... Read More

Tomorrow marks the start of National Games Week, a seven-day celebration of non-electronic games. NGW's founder, Mark Simmons -- who publishes the magazine Games Quarterly -- said in a press ... Read More

The One Hundred, an attempt to rank the best 100 board and card games of all time, has revealed its top 4 games: Settlers of Catan (#4), El Grande (#3), ... Read More

It's time for my annual review of the best games published this year. Discussions have started in our forum for the best board games of 2005, the best card games ... Read More

According to Rio Grande Games' most recent newsletter, stores should be receiving the first of the company's fall releases this week, including Techno Witches, Punct, Ark, and the King Arthur ... Read More

Well, the card game that makes my head hurt (Tichu) had to appear on The One Hundred sometime. I just wish it hadn't been in the top 10, but it ... Read More

The One Hundred has published games #11 to #15, and I think there's only one clunker in this section. But it's not Acquire (#11), my favorite stock-holding game of all ... Read More

Since the original Scene It? was released in 2002, the category of DVD games has exploded. But the innovators at Screenlife continue to lead the way, and this holiday season ... Read More

The Associated Press is reporting that police in New York City have cracked down on "the underground poker scene" this year. Two recent raids and one dating back to May ... Read More

Continuing the countdown of the "Official & Completely Authoritative 100 Best Games of All Time Ever Without Question," The One Hundred checks in this morning with games 16 through 20. ... Read More

Zathura, the movie about a board game which comes to life (and a sequel to Jumanji), opened this weekend in theaters. About.com's movie guides have some interesting interviews with the ... Read More

As The One Hundred hits the top 30, we're at a point where almost all of the listed games are truly great. Modern Art (#30) is a tremendous auction game ... Read More

The New York Times' Online Shopper recently discovered Funagain Games, one of my favorite online game retailers. It's interesting to read the perspective of someone who had no idea there ... Read More

I need to update my list of the best auction games to reflect this fact, but I truly believe that Ra is the best auction game ever published. Not everyone ... Read More

LobsterTrap is a small, invitation-only game convention held outside Boston each fall. This year's edition took place last weekend, and I was fortunate to attend and play 11 games which ... Read More

We're getting into some truly great games with The One Hundred now. I'm the Boss, at #40, is a game I'll play anytime. It's full of fast-paced wheeling and dealing ... Read More

The One Hundred, an ambitious project designed to rank the Top 100 board and card games of all time (with a notable and admitted bias toward designer games), has opened ... Read More

Bob Speca, one of the most decorated domino topplers in the world, has authored a book -- first released in 2004 -- designed to help you learn some of his ... Read More

The 18th century ancestor of the card game Hearts was called Reverse, because in this game, you want to lose certain tricks rather than win them. Here are the complete ... Read More

If you're shopping for a card player this holiday season, here are two suggestions. First, consider a set of high-quality plastic playing cards from Kem, Copag or Gemaco. All three ... Read More