Hasbro is announcing a contest for a new party game, Geek and Sundry has taken a look at some of the rarest board games, and Clever Move explains the history behind ‘roll them bones’.
Mayfair has released a new Star Trek-themed board game, Meeple Pillows hit Kickstarter, and a preview of the mobile adaptation of Tiny Epic Kingdoms has been released.
There are a wide range of genres this month on Kickstarter, with casual games featuring press-your-luck mechanics, tile laying, bluffing, bidding, and more.
I consider myself an “accidental inventor.” I’ve been a tinkerer all my life, and lately I had been creating family games, but I never considered myself an inventor. Not until those unforgettable three months in early 2014 when I won BigLeap’s “Games that Make Us Smarter” challenge, and went on to sign a license agreement for a game with FoxMind.
Are you the roughest, toughest cowboy in the Wild West? Prove it! There are bandits causing havoc in town and you can earn money and power from the townsfolk by bringing them to justice.
Z-Man Games has announced a new dragon-themed game, Renegade Games and Knapsack Games have entered a partnership, and a team has designed a series of beach towels that double as board games.
Victory Point Games has announced Icarus, 80’s film Labyrinth is set to receive the tabletop treatment, and a Kickstarter campaign has launched for board game-inspired clothes.
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