Despite a love of words, I’ve recently begun to think of Scrabble as a game for my always expanding list of “theoretically fun” items. But the game still carries some deep, primal…
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‘The Game of Life: Pets Edition’ Makes Pets Addition
by Josephby JosephI played a lot of The Game of Life as a kid, but today I mostly think of it as what I call “theoretical fun” along with Scrabble and Mad Libs. Still, the folks…
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All you really need to play chess is a grid and 32 pieces, which means there’s plenty of room for innovation in the field of chess sets. The people at…
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‘Monopoly Gamer: Mario Kart’ Board Game Variant Out Now
by Josephby JosephIf I were to try to think about two games that are pretty much the exact opposite of one another, Mario Kart and Monopoly may spring to mind. One is a high speed racing…
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When classic board game Monopoly was developed back in the 1930s, it was intended as a not-so-subtle critique of capitalism during the Great Depression. But it’s 2018 now, and it’s more than…
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Chess, commonly known as the game of kings. Campbell’s Soup, commonly known as the soup of the common man. Artist Andy Warhol was famous for bridging the gap between the…
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Shoe. Top Hat. Racecar. TURTLE?? That’s right, the folks at Hasbro are once again trying to update their classic board game Monopoly, and this time they need the help of…
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‘Star Wars Clue’: Classic Board Game Gets ‘Star Wars’ Treatment
by Josephby JosephHere’s an idea for a Star Wars movie: C-3PO’s lifeless body is found stuffed inside of a utility shaft on board a Rebel spacecraft. No one knows who did it,…
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I never really mastered chess as a kid, and one of the reasons for that (apart from my non-tactical thinking processes) is that every game takes so long to set…
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‘Game of Thrones Clue’ Puts Westeros Spin on Classic Board Game
by Josephby JosephEveryone knows that the show Game of Thrones is a hotbed of murder and deception, but it really has nothing on Clue, the “Classic Mystery Game” that was bringing murder…