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Erik's Board / Card Games Blog February 2007 Archive

By Erik Arneson, About.com Guide to Board / Card Games since 1999

Hasbro Uses Friday Game Lunches to Spur Creativity

Tuesday February 27, 2007
A recent column in The Wall Street Journal looks at Hasbro's Friday game lunches, which take place in the company cafeteria and include employees from various departments. According to senior ... Read More

R&R Games - Z-Man Games - Face2Face Games - 2007 American International Toy Fair

Sunday February 25, 2007
R&R Games, Z-Man Games and Face2Face Games, all with booths in the GameZone area of the 2007 American International Toy Fair, have a proven track record of excellence. This photo ... Read More

Playroom Entertainment - 2007 American International Toy Fair

Saturday February 24, 2007
Playroom Entertainment has built a quality catalog of games like Poison, David & Goliath, and their Killer Bunnies line. Their booth at the 2007 American International Toy Fair included a ... Read More

John O'Hurley, Howie Mandel Promote DVD Games

Monday February 19, 2007
Television game show hosts John O'Hurley (Family Feud) and Howie Mandel (Deal or No Deal) were on hand at the 2007 American International Toy Fair to promote a series of ... Read More

The Most Disturbing Game Commercial Ever

Monday February 19, 2007
I wish I spoke the language so that I could translate this game commercial, but I don't. I only know what's posted in the brief introduction: it's for a game ... Read More

Gamewright - Family-Friendly Games - 2007 American International Toy Fair

Sunday February 18, 2007
Gamewright is one of the most consistent family-friendly game publishers today. They regularly win awards from places like the Parents' Choice Foundation, Dr. Toy and the National Parenting Center, and ... Read More

More Reports from the 2007 American International Toy Fair

Sunday February 18, 2007
As best I can tell, only two other web sites are providing game-focused coverage of the 2007 American International Toy Fair in New York City, BoardGameNews.com and GamersAlliance.com. (If I've ... Read More

Screenlife - New Scene It? Games - 2007 American International Toy Fair

Saturday February 17, 2007
Scene It? is the best-selling DVD game of all time, and publisher Screenlife's 2007 lineup includes a new version of their flagship game, new games based on the Harry Potter ... Read More

HeroScape Wave 7 - Vampires and More

Friday February 16, 2007
An observant retailer recently noticed an announcement for the next HeroScape expansion in a game distributor's catalog. The set will include four new packs of figures: Spearmen and Riflemen, Knights ... Read More

Silk Road - Designers Describe Development

Friday February 16, 2007
The designers and publisher of Silk Road, my pick for the #10 board game published in 2006, recently described the game's development in detail at the Journal of Boardgame Design. ... Read More

Most Played Games of 2006

Thursday February 15, 2007
According to one survey of gamers, Thurn and Taxis was the most-played game of 2006. For 2 to 4 players, Thurn and Taxis was designed by Andreas and Karen Seyfarth ... Read More

2006 Board Game Internet Awards

Thursday February 15, 2007
I'm posting this item rather late, but the Gone Gaming 2006 Board Game Internet Awards have been announced. The awards recognize excellence in online game-related writing and web sites. Categories ... Read More

Hasbro Games 2007 Releases - American International Toy Fair

Thursday February 15, 2007
This is going to be a good year for fans of Hasbro's family focused game line. Some favorites are being updated with new versions, such as Electronic Catch Phrase Music ... Read More

Attacktix - 2007 American International Toy Fair

Thursday February 15, 2007
The world of Attacktix, which started with figures from the Star Wars universe, continues to grow. Last year, Hasbro added Transformers to the mix and in 2007 characters from the ... Read More

Six New Versions of Monopoly - 2007 American International Toy Fair

Sunday February 11, 2007
It's clear that Hasbro continues to view Monopoly as its flagship game. At the 2007 Toy Fair, many new versions of Monopoly were prominently displayed -- at least six of ... Read More

Express Games from Hasbro - 2007 American International Toy Fair

Sunday February 11, 2007
Hasbro unveiled a series of three games which can be played in about 20 minutes at this year's American International Toy Fair. The Express Games, based on Monopoly, Scrabble and ... Read More

Marvel HeroScape - Photo Gallery - 2007 American International Toy Fair

Saturday February 10, 2007
Marvel HeroScape is scheduled to be available in May 2007 (it had previously been announced for January 2007, but production delays pushed it back). The Hasbro showroom at the 2007 ... Read More

HeroScape - Swarm of the Marro - Photo Gallery - 2007 American International Toy Fair

Saturday February 10, 2007
Hasbro has big plans for HeroScape in 2007, including a new Master Set called Swarm of the Marro. The photos in this gallery are all of a prototype box for ... Read More

Coverage of American International Toy Fair

Saturday February 10, 2007
Later today, my coverage of the annual American International Toy Fair will begin. In the meantime, you can take a look at what I wrote about the 2006, 2005, 2004, ... Read More

Pizza Box Football Predicted Super Bowl Winner

Wednesday February 7, 2007
The makers of Pizza Box Football, a dice-based football board game, gave away free, updated PDF stat sheets for Indianapolis and Chicago in advance of this year's Super Bowl. Players ... Read More

HeroScape in 2007 - Swarm of the Marro

Monday February 5, 2007
Fans of HeroScape have a lot to look forward to in 2007, according to a podcast interview with lead game designer Craig Van Ness posted recently at the fan site ... Read More

Pizza Box Football - Play Your Own Super Bowl

Sunday February 4, 2007
The makers of Pizza Box Football, a very entertaining football board game, are giving away free PDF stat sheets for the teams involved in football's biggest game of the year: ... Read More

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