Yes, you read that correctly. According to the AMC news feed a film version of the classic game Monopoly is in the works. It looks like Ridley Scott (of Alien and Black Hawk Down) is slated to direct the film which plans to release sometime in 2012. (A surer sign of that year’s prophesied Apocalypse.)
I’ll admit that as far as board games go, I’m a late bloomer. I only really started playing games in the last few years (when I met Brian.) Now, of course, I’m an avid player of all types of gaming. One of my recent favorites is the game Tichu. We have a review in the [...]
I got a bit curious this afternoon and thought I’d look up the largest board games ever. First I did what anyone looking for a record would do; I went to the Guinness World Records site and searched there. OK, I’m not going to get into basic design theory, search engine optimization, or site architecture, [...]
I just got an email from the folks at “Days of Wonder” games and it looks like they have a new murder mystery game coming out soon. ”Mystery Express” is a game of suspense, deduction, and murder on the Orient Express.
I have to admit that I’m not a Monopoly player anymore. Ever since I taught Liv my strategy of “buy everything and damn the expense” she’s won every game, and frankly I think the dice hate me. So I just stopped playing. But that said, some of my favorite gaming memories from childhood revolve around [...]