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Facebook Says It Has Created A 'Human-Level' Board Game AI
23.11.2022
Facebook, or as we’re supposed to call them now Meta, announced earlier today that their CICERO artificial intelligence has achieved “human-level performance” in the board game Diplomacy, which is notable for the fact that’s a game built on human interaction, not moves and manoeuvres (like,...
My Favorite WW2 Board Game Just Keeps Getting Better
22.11.2022
I’ve been writing about V-Commandos on this website for over five years now. The WW2 tactics game, and its multiple expansions, are some of the best expressions of stealth in all of board gaming, and for those five years it has remained one of my most-played co-op experiences.Read more
The Last Of Us Is Getting A Board Game And It Looks Pretty Cool
8.11.2022
It’s 2022 and we don’t believe in media being self-contained to a specific medium. Enter The Last of Us: Escape The Dark, an upcoming board game from UK-based tabletop game studio Themeborn. It’s currently on Kickstarter (as most pre-release board games are these days) and has now cleared its goal...
Chystá se desková hra podle strategie Zoo Tycoon
27.10.2022
Zoo Tycoon Is Getting A Bright, Cheery Board Game Adaptation
27.10.2022
Zoo Tycoon has been a management gaming mainstay for over two decades now, and quite frankly I’m shocked and appalled that it has taken this long for someone to be allowed to make a board game about it.Read more
Elden Ring Is Being Turned Into A Board Game
20.9.2022
Presumptive GOTY Elden Ring is, in perhaps the least surprising piece of news that I’ll write for this site today, getting a board game adaptation.Read more
'Go to jail:' Community roasts Celsius-themed Monopoly board game
9.9.2022
The Celsiusopoly board game is priced at $99, with the U.S.-based e-commerce company offering free shipping to U.S. residents
Psychos Impersonate Board Game Con Staff, Send Harassing Messages To Attendees
5.8.2022
Because the Culture Wars have now spread to every front imaginable, for the last few years board games have been going through their own struggles as players traditionally marginalised in the space have fought for greater inclusion, in turn facing increasingly shrill levels of opposition. That...
Wordle Is Getting Its Own Party Game, Out In October
14.7.2022
Wordle at one point earlier this year dominated the internet and filled your Twitter feeds with colorful squares. And while today it’s not nearly the cultural phenomenon it once was, it’s still very popular, and to capitalize on that, Hasbro is creating a board game based on Wordle that will be...
Robotech Board Game Fires Enormous Missile Barrage Into Kickstarter Funding Goal
20.4.2022
It has been nine years since I last wrote about a Robotech/Macross board game on this website, and I feel like that is far too long, so thankfully I’m getting the chance to revisit the subject with a new tabletop experience.Read more
Space Race: The Kotaku Review
25.3.2022
I want to get this out of the way up top: I’m someone who can forgive many of a board game’s flaws if it looks good.Read more
4000-Year-Old Board Game Uncovered By Archaeologists
27.1.2022
In December 2021, a team of archaeologists working in Oman made the only type of discovery that would get their work covered on a site like this: they dug up a board game dating back approximately 4000 years, and which it’s thought could be an ancient ancestor to Backgammon.Read more
Pandemic Digital Board Game Is Being Delisted From Mulitple Stores For Unknown Reasons
16.1.2022
The digital board game version of Pandemic has disappeared from Steam after it was quietly delisted on January 6. And it will be removed from other digital storefronts throughout the year and its publisher, Asmodee, hasn’t explained why beyond a vague statement that the game is being removed for...
Video Game Publisher Wants To Buy Board Game Giant Asmodee For Over $3 Billion
16.12.2021
The Embracer Group, a collection of companies like Gearbox, THQ Nordic and Deep Silver, announced today that they’re in the process of trying to buy Asmodee, perhaps the single biggest name in specialist board gaming, for €2.75 billion (USD$3.1 billion).Read more
Skyrim's New Board Game Will Have A Prequel Campaign
2.11.2021
The publisher behind the Dishonored, Fallout, and The Elder Scrolls tabletop games is planning to release a Skyrim board game in 2022. Skyrim - The Adventure Game will include several story campaigns, including a prequel to the events of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.Read more
WoW’s Wrath Of The Lich King Expansion Is Now A Board Game
21.7.2021
Pandemic is a classic board game from publisher Z-Man in which players work together to stop the spread of rampaging viruses. World of Warcraft’s Wrath of the Lich King expansion is about stopping the Lich King’s Scourge from rampaging across the continent of Northrend. They’re basically the same...
New Witcher Board Game Hits $3 Million On Kickstarter
28.5.2021
Well would you look at this, a licensed board game shipping with 10,000 plastic miniatures is making millions on Kickstarter. This is my most surprised face.Read more
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9.4.2021
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The Best Single-Player Board Games, According To Our Readers
25.3.2021
Top Pick: Arkham Horror | $53 | AmazonRead more
What’s the Best Single-Player Board Game?
22.3.2021
A few months ago, we asked our readers to tell us what they thought the best two-player board game was. We got a huge collection of answers that ranged from elaborate indies to classics like Cribbage. That was great news for roommates or partners who were cooped up together during the pandemic....