As crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter have helped lower the barrier to entry for new designers and publishers, there is an increasing variety of games to choose from. Despite being made mainly of cardboard, many new games are complex, memorable and educational experiences - on a par with the most technologically advanced computer-based simulations.
Read MoreLearning what it takes to be a successful real estate investor may seem like a lot and it may even seem like it could be a little boring. Terrica Lynn Smith created a Monopoly-like game that not only teaches you to buy property but also teaches you how to build developments and ultimately get the keys to the city.
Read MoreCanceled a trip to the Louvre during lockdown? The Paris museum sells a version of the classic Monopoly board game in which players compete not to buy up real estate and amass hotels but rather to outbid opponents for masterpieces like the "Mona Lisa" or the stele inscribed with the Code of Hammurabi.
Read MoreBoard games are having a moment right now, but there's a tight constraint on the craze, since our options for players are limited to the folks with whom we're self-isolating.
Read MoreIf you're daring enough to attempt making your own board or card games, let this article be your creative ibuprofen. President of Stonemaier Games and designer of popular board games like "Scythe.," thinks otherwise. If you have thoughts for a card or board game, start working and designing.
Read MoreThese factions range from the Emperor: sitting comfortably atop their immense imperial coffers, who begins the game off-world, lying in wait with a spectacular force of elite troops, to the Harkonnen: managed by the treacherous Baron, who are ruthless, deviant plotters and the puppeteers of many a traitor.
Read MoreLanding on a snake is never a good thing in - be it in real life or in the wonderful world of board games. The game itself has several varying names such as Moksha Patamu, Nagapasa, and Gyan Chaupar to name but a few.
Read MoreThere are three places where you can expect to be shushed by strangers: in a public library, on a quiet train carriage, and during a game of Among Us. All three share a social contract, a communal understanding that this will work better for all of us if we shut up.
Read MoreAs we look ahead to a winter where we're more cooped up than usual, a new board game wants to reach nostalgic baby boomers. Boom Again is a game primarily for people born between 1946 and 1964, packed with questions about historical events, such as the major societal milestones, critical legislation and pop culture.
Read MoreIn the good old days, all you had to do to get a driver's license was, you know, prove that you could drive. At least in Sierra Leone, you have to play a board game before you can even take the licensing test.
Read MoreJimmie Tramel: Monopoly at 85: Board game was key to freedom during World War II. You sort of had to be there to realize just how big this was, but on Feb. 22, 1980, the Cold War came to life on ice. Bell said his family played a marathon game of monopoly while listening to audio of the hockey broadcast on the blacked-out TV. The Miracle on Ice was the lone upset that night.
Read MoreJenga is a game made up of 54 blocks that are removed one at a time and stacked on top of each other. The story of Jenga is really interesting as it has roots in an ancient game and became a huge hit in the 1980s.
Read More"Parents don't realize the power of a veteran cop sitting and grilling their 15- or 16-year-old child. And so, the purpose of the game is to teach teens and adults how to interact safely with police, how to avoid the criminal justice system all together and how to make it home safely," she said.
Read MoreWhile board games are largely recreational in scope, there's also a sense that comes up when playing some games that the experience might help expand one's mind in other avenues of life as well.
Read MoreJoel Baraka can only imagine how much more challenging the COVID-19 pandemic has made learning in the Ugandan refugee camp in which he grew up. It prompted him to start a fundraiser to cover the costs of mass producing the board game he created for children in the camp.
Read MoreWhile families around the country continue to look for ways to have fun in relative isolation due to the pandemic, one Yellow Springs family is feeling the pride of having contributed to the growing pool of home-based activities: earlier this year, villagers Corrie Van Ausdal and Matthew Collins helped create two brand new tabletop games.
Read MoreIf you are someone who'd like to learn how to create a defense policy that balances strategic goals, military means, and a tight defense budget, there's a board game for that. The ink drawing of the Pentagon-surrounded by little tanks and planes-on the game box is the first clue that Hedgemony: A Game of Strategic Choices is no ordinary tabletop game.
Read MoreMastering physical systems with abstract goals is an unsolved challenge in AI. To encourage the development of techniques that might overcome it, researchers at DeepMind created custom scenarios for the physics engine MuJoCo that task an AI agent with coordinating perception, reasoning, and motor control over time.
Read MoreMostly, that opinion has been rooted in a love of games which can envelope me in their story - preferably an interesting story. My biggest take-away from this game design challenge has been that theme doesn't just make your game pretty and interesting.
Read MoreAs a global pandemic continues to determine a new normal, tens of thousands of viewers have been tuning in to watch people play chess on a livestreaming website called Twitch. An American chess grandmaster, Hikaru Nakamura, along with a number of celebrities of the video game world, is leading a renaissance in the ancient game.
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