In the bitter winter of 1941, British military prisoners in Nazi-occupied Germany huddled around a Monopoly set, dazzled by the contents that awaited them. They didn’t pluck Community Chest cards. They looked past the thimble and race-car tokens, ignored the tiny houses and phony deeds. The real treasures were hidden within the board and its … Read more
JD Vance may have revealed his cards too early in the race. Fans of the fantasy card game “Magic: The Gathering” have discovered Vance’s favorite card, which they believe reveals everything voters need to know about the vice presidential candidate’s values. In a recent interview with Semafor, the Ohio revealed his adolescent obsession with the … Read more
Millennial wordsmiths could soon be stumped with the updated Scrabble dictionary as modern Gen Z lingo becomes permissible to use in the board game. In the first major update in four years, Collins — the makers of the Scrabble dictionary — have added 2,000 new words to the game’s lexicon, including terminology commonly used by the … Read more
This feels like a win. Mattel will be playing around with the vast majority of its games to make them more accessible to the colorblind, the company announced. Consumers can look forward to more inclusive versions of old favorites like Uno, Phase 10, DOS, Blokus, and Tumblin’ Monkeys — 80% of the toy giant’s portfolio, in … Read more
This is a game-changer. For the first time in 75 years, Mattel is making a major change to the iconic board game Scrabble. The new launch is a double-sided version of the famous board game — one side with the original game for those who want to stick to the long-time traditional version, and one … Read more
All is fair in love and Monopoly. Just in time for those long winter nights at home, an Oxford academic specializing in mathematics has revealed key strategies to help lovers of the Parker Brothers’ world-famous Atlantic City-themed board game pave their way to victory. Plot twist — snagging the cvoveted Boardwalk and Park Place won’t … Read more
With Scorpio season in full swing and the veil between life and death at its most threadbare, many a curious soul will be seeking communion with the dearly departed — often via Ouija board. This enduring piece of Americana has fascinated and horrified the populace for over a century — our intrigue only heightens with the … Read more
Roll the dice, place your bets, sort your suspicions and summon your specters, it is National Board Game Day. Celebrated on April 11, the holiday aims to elevate tabletop games to the lofty heights of appreciation they deserve. Historical evidence suggests we’ve been playing games since time immemorial, or at least since survival gave way … Read more
Hugh Grant and Chris Pine are toying with the idea of destroying their latest movie merch. Grant, 62, and Pine, 42, star in the film “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves,” based on the tabletop fantasy game, so it’s only fitting that their character roles — Forge Fitzwilliam and Edgin Darvis, respectively — be transformed … Read more
Here’s the sitch, Scrabble stans. Your convos around the board are about to get more interesting with about 500 new words and variations added to the game’s official dictionary: stan, sitch, convo, zedonk, dox and fauxhawk among them. Out this month, the add-ons in the seventh edition of “The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary” join more … Read more