Games Overboard

We’ve all played the game “Mousetrap” at some point in our lives.  For me it was one of those games my friends had, but my parents never bought for me and my brothers. A good thing too as, if I remember, we always had the problem that the darn thing never really lived up to [...]

I recently talked about the release of the Apple iPad and all its upcoming game releases, and I’m happy to tell everyone I just got an email from Days of Wonder Games telling me of their release of their first iPad game App.  Small World is now available in the App Store for purchase. If [...]

I’m sure most of you have played Dungeons & Dragons, and if you haven’t played then you’ve heard of the classic game.  (If you haven’t heard of it, then welcome to our planet.  Sorry for the mess, we weren’t expecting you.) Dungeon Lords, from creator Vlaada Chvatil, flips the age old game on its head. [...]

Recently, like last week, American Mensa, that group for really really smart people, released their picks for this years, Mensa Select recipients.  These selections?  Mensa’s top five board games of 2010. Now it should be obvious that Mensa people like board games, they’re all just a bunch of geeks like the rest of us, and [...]

Created by a Middle School Social Studies teacher, the not-yet-released game “King Phillip’s War” has come under fire from Native American tribes whose ancestors played parts in the battles from 335 years ago.  The game, which focuses on the battles led by King Phillip (or Metacomet of the Wampanoag sachem) and the British colonials in [...]