The finalists for the 2008 International Gamers Awards, a set of awards which recognizes outstanding strategy board games, have been announced. Games released between July 1, 2007, and June 30, ... Read More

Some of the game-related news items posted in our discussion forum recently include: Worldwide Coverage of Monopoly Here & Now: The World Edition Profile of Game Designer Jack Elias (Barrel of Monkeys, ... Read More

The town of Rutland, Vermont, will soon be in the record books. On Friday night, residents of the town played Twister on a board measuring 102 feet long and 39 ... Read More

Monte Carlo Solitaire is a simple card game that depends heavily on luck, although skilled players will win more often than beginners. The game starts with a 5x5 grid, with ... Read More

The rights for the fantasy-themed battle game BattleLore, originally published by Days of Wonder, have been sold to Fantasy Flight Games. In a press release, Days of Wonder CEO Eric ... Read More

GameTable Online plans to make Axis & Allies and at least some of its other online versions of games published by Wizards of the Coast available on the social network ... Read More

After more than 5.6 million votes were cast, Montreal has replaced Boardwalk in a new international edition of Monopoly known as Monopoly Here and Now: The World Edition. Scheduled to ... Read More

Ted Cheatham (designer of Silk Road, Gumball Rally and President) attended the Gen Con game convention this year and has filed two reports (one video, one audio) for BoardGameNews.com. If ... Read More

Five games published by Wizards of the Coast -- Acquire, Axis & Allies, Guillotine, Robo Rally, and Vegas Showdown -- will be available for free online play on GameTable Online ... Read More

Tom Vasel, host of The Dice Tower, a great podcast about board games and card games, recently announced the winners of The Dice Tower Gaming Awards for games published in ... Read More

Winda Benedetti, whose MSNBC.com byline identifies her as a "Citizen Gamer," posted an interesting article yesterday about playing games on social networks. I recently joined Facebook and the first thing ... Read More

The annual game convention Gen Con is now in full swing as gamers have converged on Indianapolis, Indiana. Although I was not able to attend this year, I've been keeping ... Read More

Game publisher Days of Wonder has announced new expansions for the fantast battle game BattleLore (scheduled to be available in October) and the World War II game Memoir '44 (scheduled ... Read More

The 2008 Million Minute Family Challenge is underway. Sponsored by game publisher Patch Products, the Million Minute Family Challenge is designed to encourage families and friends to play more games. ... Read More

An English language edition of Agricola, my pick as the #3 game published in 2007, is finally available. Publisher Z-Man Games quickly sold out of its initial print run, but ... Read More

Some of the game-related news items posted in our discussion forum recently include: Reebok is producing some Monopoly-themed sneakers. The Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., is hosting an alternate reality ... Read More

The 2008 World Boardgaming Championships concluded yesterday, ending a weeklong event attended by about 1,500 gamers and featuring more than 100 tournaments. I've never been a big tournament player, and ... Read More

The 2008 edition of Gen Con, one of the largest game conventions in the world, opens thus Thursday in Indianapolis, Indiana. Gen Con is a huge convention with something for ... Read More

Games for Educators, a web site designed to promote to the use of games in education, has compiled useful information for teachers, librarians, and homeschool parents. The site includes dozens ... Read More

Cavity Sam, the much-operated on character in the Milton Bradley game Operation, took part in a New York runway fashion show this week to show off his new boxer shorts ... Read More

1960: The Making of the President is scheduled to be available in September on GameTable Online. (For me, this is great news: 1960 is my pick as the best game ... Read More

Actor Christopher Knight, best known for playing Peter Brady on The Brady Bunch, will host a new game show based on the board game Trivial Pursuit. According to an article ... Read More

The Chicago Toy and Game Fair is moving back to Chicago's historic Navy pier for 2008. The main event, which takes place on Nov. 22 and 23, is free to ... Read More

Here's an item I missed until recently: Pulling Strings, a finalist in our Simultaneous Movement Game Design Competition, has been published by Blue Panther. In the game, played by two ... Read More

House in the Wood, also known as Double Fan, gives solitaire players a chance to use skill in order to win. A good player should win about 80 percent of ... Read More

Nigel Richards, of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, has been crowned the 2008 National Scrabble Champion after a four-day tournament in Orlando, Florida. Richards swept Brian Cappelletto of Chicago in the best-of-five ... Read More

Rock Paper Scissors (sometimes abbreviated as RPS) is a classic two-player game. Although the rules are very simple, some people take it to another level by analyzing it as a ... Read More

The 2008 World Boardgaming Championships officially open this Tuesday, Aug. 5, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. (Some pre-con events begin tomorrow, Aug. 2.) The WBC, which runs through Sunday, Aug. 10, is ... Read More