board games Archives

Ravensburger, the renowned maker of jigsaw puzzles and of other various board games, has announced their plans for a North American jigsaw puzzle competition. Source: Ravensburger From their press release: Ravensburger Announces North America Jigsaw Puzzle Championship First Annual Competition To Debut on Saturday, May 30th in Minneapolis, MN Ravensburger, the world leader in jigsaw puzzles, will launch a brand-new puzzle competition this[...]

The core box, which prominently features four POP!-ified character pieces from DC Comics's Batman, also has two basic characters (not shown), two maps ("Gotham City Streets" and "The Joker's Carnival Chaos"), bases for the characters to stay put on, and a whole slew of accessories for use in this light strategy game. Source: Funko An interesting factor[...]

Kickstarter appears to be the present and the future of tabletop gaming.

It's a Demacian variant of a game played across Runeterra, and it's one of many tabletop games we're developing. Why is Riot making board games? We're gamers That means more to us than just video games You can tell by the piles of board games, miniatures, and roleplaying books stashed around the office So it was natural[...]

Recently, it has been revealed that Games Workshop is putting out a new line of games, known as the Space Marine Adventures, out in mass-market retailers such as Target as well as stores like Barnes & Noble.

Based on an April Fools' Day joke made some time ago, Barkham Horror: The Meddling of Meowlathotep is a standalone Arkham Horror adventure.

The folks over at Pandasaurus Games decided it was time for a change in 2020, and so the company has brought on a brand new look.

Ravensburger has a brand new board game that brings the classic action of "Minecraft" home just in time for the game's 10th anniversary!

Looking to cure the wintertime blues this holiday season? Hot Topic has exactly what you need — board games! From Rick and Morty to The Office, they have a board game for almost every fandom. Rick and Morty Anatomy Park Edition Operation $35.90 Oh jeez Rick Not another Rick and Morty game! But this game is based on[...]

In 2020, Blacklist Games and IDW Games will be looking to release board games based on the Contra and Bomberman franchises, respectively These two franchises are owned and licensed by Konami Cross Media NY, and are based on video games The release is geared towards North American crowds. Source: Zikoko.com Contra is a run-and-gun arcade game released[...]

Hasbro, one of the largest producers of board games on the planet, is teaming up with the folks at The Tonight Show to bring real versions of games introduced by host Jimmy Fallon There will be three games at the launch of the project, with Box of Lies, Face It, and Best Friend Challenge hitting[...]

Tariffs that were set to go into effect againts games produced in China have been postponed, at least for the time being. Here's what could be affected.

You know, of all the movies I never thought I'd be playing a board game of as an adult, one based on the '70s blockbuster Jaws hadn't occurred to me.

Since its launch 10 years ago, Kickstarter has revolutionized the way games are brought to market, from funding and advertising to distribution.

"Europa Base Alpha' is an upcoming strategy board game from WizKids, where players compete to build the best base with limited resources.

Looking to see his name in better headlines, The Upside star Kevin Hart is set to star in and produce Lionsgate and Hasbro’s live-action feature Monopoly.

Mantic shows off the contents of the massive Kickstarter exclusive edition of their Hellboy boardgame, which is due to ship to backers in March.

Courtesy IDW IDW is bringing their take on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to the games world! IDW has been publishing new TMNT Adventures comics for the last couple of years, and the new board games appear to tie in to that continuity, with brand new miniatures, game tiles, comics, and more! IDW Publishing's VP of New[...]

IDW continues to churn out TMNT tabletop games faster than Dominos churns out what passes for pizza under their loose definition (the board games, on the other hand, are of a much higher quality) The latest expands on the TMNT: Shadows of the Past board game with two new volumes in a new series, Teenage[...]

A few years ago a friend of mine asked a question that shook me up a bit."Can you name five female scientists?" "Of course I can!" was my immediate answer, followed by a bit of mental triangulation.

Mantic Games is about to make your holidays a little murdery with The Walking Dead: Here's Negan, their new co-operative board game.

While I may not have been around to experience Centipede in its heyday, I can't think of a gamer born before 1990 who didn't experience this game in an arcade at some point. And now you can experience it on your tabletop too.

Beyond that, its a pretty good game that I recommend you try out if you like indie board games. We're slowly approaching PAX East in Boston next week, and as we prepare to head into the convention with hopeful eyes, it does have us looking back at some of the items we received during PAX[...]

In a move that almost makes every terrible thing that's happened so far in 2017 okay, licensed board fame manufacturer USAopoly is making a version of the

In a move that's sure to send shockwaves throughout the board game universe, Hasbro is holding a special fan voting event called Token Madness, and the

Plus, the popularity of board games is also on a huge upswing at the moment, so it stands to reason that a Dark Souls board game would do gangbusters right now. And that appears to be the case Steamforged Games launched a Dark Souls Kickstarter yesterday and it has exploded The project made it's $70,000 goal[...]

How can you make the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles more awesome? Well, it’s kind of hard, but you can give them a new platform! IDW Games is doing just

The Wits & Wagers quiz card game is Kickstartering a new Epic Geek Edition. And to do so, they have commissioned a series of pieces of artwork from

By Christopher Helton Wednesday I will be in Indianapolis, Indiana for the "Best Four Days In Gaming," Gen Con. The convention itself doesn't start until

Organized Play, which is typically where tournament-style play occurs in stores and at conventions and sometimes has player rankings or prizes, is fairly common in other forms of tabletop gaming, like roleplaying games and collectible card games, but doesn't appear to be as common in the world of board games. Right now the games supported in[...]