KublaCon, a game convention in Burlingame, California, is taking place this weekend at the Hyatt Regency. The event features board games, card games, roleplaying games and more, including an exhibitor ... Read More

Some details about the Wave 7 expansion for Heroscape, now scheduled for release "later this summer," have been posted at Hasbro's official heroscape.com web site. The following descriptions of the ... Read More

Hasbro's heroscape.com web site has been updated with new information about the 10 characters who will be included in the Marvel Heroscape game when it's released in July. The following ... Read More

Wizards of the Coast, a subsidary of Hasbro, has been awarded a patent for constructible strategy games (CSGs), U.S. Patent No. 7,201,374. The most interesting thing about this announcement is ... Read More

The first-ever Monopoly: The Mega Edition Championship is scheduled to take place this Thursday, May 24, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Published by Winning Moves, Monopoly: The Mega Edition adds ... Read More

The Spiel des Jahres, Germany's award for Family Game of the Year, is the most significant game award in the world. SdJ winners often sell hundreds of thousands of additional ... Read More

The 2006-07 edition of The Apples Project, a compilation of the best games in various categories as chosen by a group of gaming enthusiasts, has come to an end. The ... Read More

Atlanta Game Fest 11 is a family-friendly game convention taking place May 18-20 in Atlanta at the Super 8 Motel, 111 Cone Street N.W. Boardgame fans from across the Southeast ... Read More

The first expansion for BattleLore, my pick as the #1 game of 2006, will be available this month. BattleLore puts players in control of armies that mesh history and fantasy ... Read More

The tile-laying game Carcassonne will be available on Xbox Live starting in June, according to game developer Sierra Online. Designed by Klaus-Jurgen Wrede, Carcassonne won the Spiel des Jahres, Germany's ... Read More

A new edition of the brilliant dice game Can't Stop will be available very soon. The game (my pick as the #2 best dice game of all time) challenges players ... Read More

Students at Harvard College, the undergraduate section of Harvard University, have started an intra-campus quest for total domination. More than 1,200 players have signed up for the online game, a ... Read More

One of the reasons I enjoy board games and card games so much is the direct interaction with other players. That's something that most video games just can't provide, and ... Read More

American Mensa, the organization for people who score in the top 2 percent on an intelligence test, recently named the Mensa Select Games for 2007. After a 40-hour game-playing marathon, ... Read More

Game publisher Rio Grande Games is scheduled to release several excellent games this month. Caylus Magna Carta, a card game based on Caylus (my pick as the #2 board game of ... Read More

The July 2007 issue of Knucklebones is available, featuring these cover stories: "Wonderful Wooden Games," "Stonehenge: 5 Games in 1 (plus rules for a 6th game)," and "More Fun: Game ... Read More