The finalists on the television series American Inventor include one game designer (Ed Hall with his electronic game Word Ace), but a second game designer -- who was cut in ... Read More

Every so often, this question re-emerges: Is playing games like Chess and Poker a sport? The latest on the issue comes via USA Today's sports section in an article written ... Read More

The upcoming Here & Now edition of Monopoly -- which will feature all new properties chosen by popular vote via game publisher Hasbro's web site -- has upset some civic ... Read More

Games.com, formerly the only official place to play Monopoly online, along with other games like Boggle, Battleship and Yahtzee, has been acquired by AOL. None of those Hasbro games can ... Read More

A completely reworked edition of Monopoly will be published this fall, and it won't have any of the expected properties. Monopoly Here & Now will replace everything from Mediterranean Avenue ... Read More

Sarah Gloystein Peterson is the editor of Knucklebones, a magazine all about board games and card games. Published by Jones Publishing since November 2005, Knucklebones has featured articles about Monopoly, ... Read More

A trio of small game publishers, Stratamax Games, 3 a.m. Games, and What's Your Game? have all unveiled updated web sites. Stratamax is a U.S. publisher whose games include Credit ... Read More

Rick Thornquist has compiled a comprehensive list of reports from this year's Gathering of Friends, a week-long game convention that featured the first U.S. playings of many upcoming games. If ... Read More

The popular party game Imaginiff has been published in a new edition for 2006, with more than half of the 180 cards either revised or totally new. The game asks ... Read More

Each spring, The Gathering of Friends takes place in Columbus, Ohio. This invitation-only game convention usually gives U.S. gamers the first chance to sample the latest games published in Europe. ... Read More

The railroad building game Age of Steam, one of the top 10 rated games at BoardgameGeek.com, deserves to be more widely played. (And it will be, in a way, since ... Read More

Mayfair Games, the U.S. publisher of The Settlers of Catan, Elasund, Entdecker, and Tigris & Euphrates, has completely revamped its web site. The old site was clunky and hard to ... Read More

If you can never remember whether a full house is better than a straight, this list of poker hands from strongest to weakest is what you need: a quick, easy-to-understand ... Read More

Are you hooked on the Texas Hold 'Em Poker? Do you want to host a Texas Hold 'Em party at your house? Follow these tips and you're well on your ... Read More

Over the past decade, dozens of small game companies have started business -- and many have also gone out of business. At BoardGameGeek, game designer Paul DeStefano discusses his experience ... Read More