‘Monopoly Gamer’ is one of those rare games that challenges your expectations about classic games, taking the bones of ‘Monopoly’ and turning into something new. Read More
My Scottie Dog-loving brothers and sisters! Now is time to take action! Hasbro has threatened the life of our dear MONOPOLY token yet again! Read More
Mr. Monopoly is taking his game into the 21st century and ditching cash. So what to do with all that funny money? Give it away, of course, in his new game ‘Monopoly Ultimate Banking!’ Read More
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This is just getting ridiculous. Read More
British children’s charity NSPCC announces its Really Big Board Game Day, and reveals the UK’s favorite. Read More
New Year’s Eve is the time to play loooong games. Here’s a list of ones that you have around – and ones that you should! Read More
Matt Forbeck points out why Monopoly is an awful game and explains how the new Monopoly House Rules edition will only make it worse. Read More
Minions, minions and more minions. Enter the GeekMom Despicable Me 2 contest for a chance to win a prize package. Read More
Superman and Monopoly. Can you imagine the world without them? Both began in the 1930’s. Read More
I learned early on not to play games of chance. My name was never picked from the hat, the dice never rolled in my favor, I rarely picked the good cards. I wasn’t oddly unlucky; I didn’t have random horrible things happen to me, but I was not a winner. Read More
How many or how few rules make for good game play? We want certain rules in certain games to be rock-solid and unmovable. In other games, perhaps there’s some wiggle-room. Read More
If there’s one thing geeks love to do, it’s digging into a beloved hobby. And one great way to do that is through documentaries. Here are four films that I’ve watched in the past year, which shed light on various types of gaming. Read More
The votes have been counted, and the new Monopoly token has been revealed. Read More
The Old Ones have come to Atlantic City, and they’re each a bit upset that they don’t have a — ahem — monopoly on the place. So there’s a bit of a smack-down ahead, as each one tries to amass … Read More
Monopoly. You either play it now and then (usually on a rainy day, at a cottage, or when the power’s gone out), or you hate it. Actually, there are people that love it too — at least they have a … Read More
I have fond memories of playing Monopoly from my childhood. We had our own rules of course, every family does. You could buy a house on any property you owned when you landed on it again, even if you only owned one. I was virtually unaware of the need for a monopoly until I was… Read More
Well, here’s the good news: Settlers of Catan is not, in fact, the next Monopoly. But not for the reasons you may have read. Last week The Altantic published this article by Rebecca Greenfield: “Sorry, Settlers of Catan Is Not … Read More
It’s a good time to be a board gamer. There are so many fantastic game designers creating wonderful games all the time — it’s hard to keep up with all the great stuff out there. A lot of this board … Read More
Last week, one of the stories coming out of Toy Fair 2011 was Hasbro’s latest spin on Monopoly, called Monopoly Live. It uses a computerized tower in the center of the board with built-in infrared sensors that can recognize where … Read More
Matt Forbeck mentioned the Boardgame Remix Kit in his Valentine Games post yesterday, but here’s a slightly more in-depth look at it. Hide & Seek Productions has come up with a few additions to their brilliant Boardgame Remix Kit, just … Read More
Overview: The world is a different place than it was about 50 years ago, when Risk was introduced. Sure, there are still plenty of wars being fought with military might. But there’s another way to take over the world as … Read More
Overview: Monopoly got an update, with a circular board, fancy-looking player tokens, updated pricing, and plastic bank cards in place of all that paper money. Monopoly Revolution comes with a little electronic device that keeps track of each player’s bank … Read More
Have you ever walked by a box in your local game store and wonder if what was inside was any good? There’s only so much you can learn from the outside of the box – the attractive illustration and a … Read More
