Board Games

The Story Behind Each of the Most Popular Monopoly Pieces, Past and Present

While many board games use colorful little pegs as markers, Monopoly, the game with the unique power to unite and divide a family in the matter of an hour, has those odd tokens you’re no doubt familiar with. You've probably played more than a few games with the little racecar…

Wordle: The Party Game

Everyone's favorite viral game of 2022 has hit the big time with the arrival of Wordle: The Party Game. Wordle began as a simple browser game where players guessed the 5-letter word of the day within 6 tries. The New York Times acquired the game and has now unveiled a…

15 Modern Board Games That Don’t Suck

If you’ve spent any time on Kickstarter perusing successful projects, you may have realized we are in a sort of board game renaissance. Forget the classics, there's a suite of complex, art-driven, engaging board games that have been developed by creative minds. So before you reach for your battered copy…

Square Off Smart Chess Board

Our smartphones have made chess a game that no longer requires adversaries sit opposite each other at a table. We find this good and bad. It's good because you can always get a game, anytime, anywhere. It's bad because, well, we miss the one-on-one interaction and the tactically pleasing moves…

Scrabble Space Edition Is Designed for Astronauts

We don't care how incredible the view, astronauts must get bored up in space. Hell, they're cooped up in tight quarters for days on end; who wouldn't get bored? Mattel wants to help those space explorers kill some time with the new Scrabble Space Edition. The game is exactly what…