These three card games have entertained families for generations: Spit (also known as Speed or Slam), Slapjack and Authors. Spit is a very fast-paced game that can result in damage ... Read More

Other About.com guides on the scene in New York City at the 2008 American International Toy Fair included Ben Leach (Action Figures), Dipika Mirpuri (Toys), and Denise Van Patten (Doll ... Read More

More notes from the 2008 American International Toy Fair: Patch Products is publishing a junior version of their best-selling game, Buzzword. Buzzword Junior is for ages 7 and up. Also on ... Read More

Some quick notes from around Toy Fair: Out of the Box Publishing will publish Ninja Versus Ninja, a two-player strategy game; Backseat Drawing, in which players are given fairly vague directions ... Read More

Yesterday began with a visit to Playroom Entertainment, where the company was showing off its wide variety of board games and card games. Ilium, a new design from Reiner Knizia, ... Read More

In addition to my coverage, a few other sites are also focusing on the board games and card games being featured at the 2008 American International Toy Fair. At Boardgamenews.com, ... Read More

After visiting the Hasbro showroom, I moved on to the Javits Convention Center where most of the game publishers and toy manufacturers are housed. The highlight of the day for ... Read More

The first day of the 2008 American International Toy Fair is behind us, and it looks to me like this year will be good for people looking for family-friendly games. ... Read More

The 2008 American International Toy Fair, which the Toy Industry Association describes as the largest international toy trade show in the Western Hemisphere, opens tomorrow. More than 20,000 industry professionals ... Read More

Gin Rummy, according to Hoyle's Rules of Games, was invented in the early 1900s by Elwood T. Baker of New York. It may be the most popular two-player card game ... Read More

Some games are so unique, so different that they're worth seeking out to play. This list of board games to play before you die doesn't include the classics -- Chess, ... Read More

My friend Mark Jackson has been tracking "Five & Dime" lists of games played for 10 years. Helping him track the most played games of 2007, 328 gamers submitted their ... Read More

Concentration, also known as Memory, is a great family card game. It's easy to make the game easier or more difficult, and younger players tend to be able to compete ... Read More

If you're looking for a new game to obsess over, the free two-player board game Breakthrough is a great choice. All you need to play is a chess board and ... Read More

I Doubt It is a fun card game that's great for children and adults to play together. Using one deck of cards, 3 to 5 players can play; with two ... Read More

More than 100 different football board games have been published since 1925, when Parker Brothers released All-American Football, a simulation of college football. Today, football board games face stiff competition ... Read More

Brothers Paolo and Fabio Del Rio started developing Card Football in late 2004; it was published in early 2006 and uses cards, not dice, to determine the outcome of plays. ... Read More

When Trivial Pursuit burst onto the scene in the 1980s, it seemed like an entire genre of games was born. But, in my view at least, Trivial Pursuit is not ... Read More