Games Overboard

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 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 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 [...]

You know you’re a Board Gamer when you start buying games. Not the occasional one at Christmas or a Birthday mind you, but I’m talking about that stage where you are looking at Thrift stores for lost gems, checking Ebay for deals, and looking at BoardGameGeek.com every day to see what auctions are up.  There [...]

Brian has asked me to write about board games from a woman’s perspective and other aspects relating to board games in general. Growing up I never played many board games besides Monopoly, Candyland, PayDay and Loopin’ Louie.  It wasn’t until I met Brian 4 years ago that I was really introduced to the world of [...]