Twilight Struggle, a two-player game set in the era of the Cold War, has won the 2006 International Gamers Award in the Historical Simulations category. Designed by Matthews and Ananda ... Read More

Mark Jackson, one of my favorite gamers, did the gaming community a great service four years ago when he created The Apples Project. The Apples Project is an effort to ... Read More

This year was the first time I've been able to get to the Gen Con game convetion, and Gen Con 2006 in Indianapolis was a great experience. We've already posted ... Read More

Scheduled to be available in January 2007, the Marvel HeroScape master set will include 10 figures (five pairs of heroes and their arch-villains). The game was announced at San Diego ... Read More

Lost: The Game is now available at several online retailers, including Amazon.com, Target.com and Wal-Mart.com, for $15 to $17 plus shipping. The game is based on the television series Lost, ... Read More

Gen Con 2006 was a bonanza for fans of HeroScape. In addition to the brand-new Wave 5 expansion figures and the brand-new Fortress of the Archkyrie castle, the HeroScape display ... Read More

The nominees for the 2006 International Gamers Awards have been announced. These awards are chosen by an international jury of gamers and are designed to recognize outstanding strategy games and ... Read More

Pirates, a constructible strategy game from publisher WizKids, will be available for online play soon from Sony Online Entertainment, according to a recent press release. The game has been released ... Read More

I was able to make it to Gen Con in Indianapolis last week, my first time at the annual game convention. Although I was only able to be there for ... Read More

All 20 of the plastic figures to be included in the upcoming strategy board game Marvel Heroes were on display at Gen Con 2006 in Indianapolis last week. We have ... Read More

The Thora's Vengeance expansion for HeroScape is now available in stores, and our HeroScape character checklists have been updated. Checklists are available by expansion, by race, and by faction. Thora's ... Read More

Jim Kramer of Roseville, Minnesota, has won the 2006 U.S. Scrabble Open. Kramer swept Geoff Thevenot of Austin, Texas, in the best-of-5 finals. In addition to the title and a ... Read More

Nexus Games, the company developing Marvel Heroes, has announced Age of Conan: The Strategy Board Game, scheduled for release in late 2007. The game, based on Conan the Barbarian, will ... Read More

The 2006 World Boardgaming Championships took place last week, and I was able to be there for all five days. I only took part in two tournaments this year (Formula ... Read More

The final table for the 2006 U.S. Scrabble Open has been set. After four days and 28 rounds of competition, Jim Kramer of Roseville, Minnesota, will take on Geoff Thevenot ... Read More

Geoff Thevenot of Austin, Texas, has captured the top spot at the 2006 U.S. Scrabble Open. After three days and 21 rounds of play, Thevenot has compiled a record of ... Read More

If you live near Boston and want to play some great games in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere, plan to attend Unity Games XI on Saturday, Aug. 18. Unity Games XI ... Read More

When game publisher Days of Wonder released Cleopatra and the Society of Architects this spring, a mysterious promotional card was included for an upcoming game. The card pictured a large ... Read More

Robin Pollock Daniel of Toronto, Ontario, Canada has taken over the lead halfway through the 2006 U.S. Scrabble Open, compiling a record of 10-3-1 at the end of the second ... Read More

The 2006 U.S. Scrabble Open (formerly the National Scrabble Championship) is underway in Phoenix, Arizona. Top-ranked players like Joel Sherman (2002 National Champion, 1997 World Champion), Joe Edley (2000, 1992 ... Read More

Gen Con, one of the largest game conventions in the world, gets underway on Thursday, Aug. 10, in Indianapolis. It runs through Sunday, Aug. 13. Last year, more than 26,000 ... Read More

I recently acquired an 1857 edition of Hoyle's Games, which is providing an interesting look at which games were popular in the past and how they've evolved. I'll probably write ... Read More

Three new images have been added to our Marvel Heroes photo gallery: the character card for The Thing, a Temporary Recruit card, and a Crush Adversary card. Marvel Heroes is ... Read More