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The Foolproof Way to Beat Those Boardwalk Games

We’ve all fallen for it at some point. You’re walking around the boardwalk, poundin’ down some vinegar fries, and suddenly, you see it. Like a beacon in the night, a bright booth, lit by a…

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12 Bad-Ass Chess Sets

The game of chess is a timeless classic, challenging players from 6th century India all the way up to today. We can’t tell you how much it’s changed in those 1500 years, but we can…

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This Version of Jenga Is Made from Recycled Fishing Nets

Jenga is one of those games we’ll pull out when we’re downing a few beers with friends. There’s no complicated rule set and laughs are almost guaranteed as the brews go down. Plus, you never…

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Gift Pick: Infinite Galaxy Puzzle

Your average puzzle this is not. The Infinite Galaxy Puzzle will change the way they think about fitting pieces together. That’s because the Infinite Galaxy Puzzle has no beginning or end. Forget hunting for corner…

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10 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. We’re not talking Trouble, Mouse Trap, or Life, these games can get…

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This Coffee Table Is Also a Cornhole Board

Spice up your weekly game night with something traditionally reserved for the outdoors because this coffee table is also a cornhole board. Designed by Poppin in NYC, the Take Aim Coffee Table is a creation…

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Scrabble Corporate Edition

You probably know more brand logos than you imagine. If you need proof, sit down for a game of Scrabble and break out the Scrabble Corporate Edition. Designed by artist Emmanuel Laflamme, the Scrabble Corporate…

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Sean Woolsey Studio Shuffleboard Table

Sean Woolsey Studio is converting your home and office into a mid century modern metropolis one piece of furniture at a time. And now the studio is expanding their reach from your office into your…

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Where’s Wallace Combines ‘The Wire’ with Where’s Waldo?

Who loves The Wire? Everyone. Who loves Where’s Waldo? Everyone. Where’s Wallace is a new web game that combines the two in an epic quest to fix one of D’angelo Barksdale’s many issues. “Where’s Wallace?…

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Makerball DIY Pinball Machine

Makerball is a DIY pinball machine kit that will finally allow you to realize your wildest game design fantasies without dropping at least a couple thousand dollars on a full machine. Here’s how it works:…

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Behind the Scenes of a High-Stakes Poker Game

Poker has always been a game of chance and skill that has managed to entice people from all walks of life—everyone from wealthy businessmen to back-alley hustlers—to its tables. Endless American folk tales discuss cowboys…

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Infinite Jigsaw Puzzle

Nervous System—a generative design studio founded by MIT grads—works at the intersection of science, art and technology… which is why it should come as no surprise that if anyone was going to design an infinite…

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7 Desk Toys to Make Work a Little More Fun

We aren’t the kind of people to say that being an adult is a bummer. If you’re doing it right, growing up actually kind of kicks ass. You get to eat whatever you want, have…

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8 Mobile Brain Games That Will Sharpen Your Mind

Mobile gaming apps have come a long way in the last few years, and that’s probably a bit of an understatement. What we love most about the developing platform is that there are games for…

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Table Pong Project

To put it simply, the Table Pong Project combines the original Pong with a table… but it’s so much more than that. What started as a hardware and software hack to pay homage to Atari…

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