A new edition of The Touch, a terrific party game (read my review of The Touch), is scheduled to be available this year. At the 2009 American International Toy Fair, ... Read More

My look at the Hasbro showroom during the 2009 American International Toy Fair has been updated to include five additional games (including Jenga Max, the new edition of Battleship, Trivial ... Read More

Gamewright is a publisher with a strong track record of excellent games for children and families. I always look forward to visiting their booth at Toy Fair. 2009 was another ... Read More

R&R Games, the publisher of Time's Up and Smarty Party, featured two new party games at the 2009 American International Toy Fair in New York City, along with two new ... Read More

My third (and final) day at the 2009 American International Toy Fair was an abbreviated one, but still included some notable highlights: I am an unashamed fan of good dice games, ... Read More

On the second day of the 2009 American International Toy Fair in New York City, highlights for me included: Qwirkle Cubes from Mindware, a follow-up to the brilliant and colorful Qwirkle ... Read More

Every year at the American International Toy Fair, Hasbro unveils much of their game lineup for the upcoming year, giving game-playing families a sneak peak at what lies ahead. 2009 ... Read More

The first day of the 2009 American International Toy Fair is now history. I will post more comments and some photos from the event before hearing to the Javits Convention ... Read More

Sales of board games rose 6 percent to $794 million in the United States last year, according to research company NPD Group Inc. An article on Bloomberg.com also reports that ... Read More

Here are some of the news items and other discussions that have been posted recently in our forum: Barbie, Hot Wheels Games by Fundex WordGirl Games Coming from Briarpatch Hasbro 4Q Profits Report New ... Read More

The original Ticket to Ride is one of only a very few games I have reviewed which received 5 stars. I also rated it as the best new board game ... Read More

The expansion for Pandemic announced late last year is expected to be available in June, according to game retailer Funagain Games' web site. The expansion, known as Pandemic: On the ... Read More

The latest edition of the Z-Man Games newsletter (PDF) includes a variant for the cooperative game Pandemic, which was my pick as the best board game published in 2008. The ... Read More

Khet, the laser strategy game, will soon be available on mobile phones. Kitmaker, a mobile game publisher, is releasing a mobile version of Khet, according to a report at Pocketgamer.co.uk. ... Read More