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Erik's Board / Card Games Blog January 2009 Archive

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

Predict the Super Bowl with Pizza Box Football

Wednesday January 28, 2009
The creators of the board game Pizza Box Football are once again sponsoring a contest encouraging players to predict the winner of the Super Bowl. New team cards for Pittsburgh ... Read More

2008 Million Minute Family Challenge Results

Wednesday January 28, 2009
A record-setting 1.4 million minutes (23,608 hours) of game-playing time was recorded during the 2008 Million Minute Family Challenge, which ran from September through December. Sponsored by game publisher Patch ... Read More

New Zooloretto Tile at Orccon in February

Wednesday January 28, 2009
Game designer Michael Schacht, whose Zooloretto won the 2007 Spiel des Jahres and was my pick as the #2 board game of 2007, will attend this year's Orccon game convention ... Read More

Small World - Coming from Days of Wonder

Monday January 26, 2009
Game publisher Days of Wonder has announced that their next game will be Small World, a big-box game scheduled to be published in April. Designed by Philippe Keyaerts, whose previous ... Read More

Protospiel West - Game Design Convention

Tuesday January 20, 2009
Protospiel West, a convention especially for game designers and players who enjoy prototypes, is scheduled to take place this weekend, January 24-25, 2009, in Santa Monica, California. The event is ... Read More

Zingo - Game Review

Monday January 19, 2009
As you might guess from the name, Zingo is a children's game with similarities to Bingo. But the designers went to a lot of effort to turn Bingo into a ... Read More

Retro Edition of Risk Now Available

Sunday January 18, 2009
Playing Risk probably cost me about half a point on my GPA in college. Winning Moves has published a new edition of Risk based on the original 1959 game that ... Read More

Enchanted Forest - Game Review

Monday January 12, 2009
Although he says it is "one of the meanest children's games ever made," Mark Jackson loves the board game Enchanted Forest. Why? Because it is "an evil combination of Aggravation ... Read More

Obama-McCain Election Game Coming Soon

Monday January 12, 2009
According to a post by Zev Shlasinger, president of Z-Man Games, at BoardGameGeek.com, the designers of the brilliant 1960: The Making of the President are working on a new game ... Read More

The Latest in Our Discussion Forum

Monday January 12, 2009
Here are some of the news items and other discussions that have been posted recently in our forum: Dexter - The Board Game Australian Monopoly Tournament Book Review - Paid to Play Student Wins ... Read More

Atlanta Game Fest This Weekend

Tuesday January 6, 2009
Atlanta Game Fest 14 is taking place this Friday through Sunday in Atlanta, Georgia. If you're in the Atlanta area, Game Fest is a great way to spend a few ... Read More

Castle Keep - Game Review

Monday January 5, 2009
Castle Keep is a simple card game (sure, they use cool chunky tiles, but it's really a card game) all about building your castle and/or destroying your opponent's. Both paths ... Read More

Pizza Box Football Playoff Games

Saturday January 3, 2009
This weekend marks the start of the NFL playoffs, and the creators of the board game Pizza Box Football have released new team cards for each of the 12 teams ... Read More

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