Jeez, RPG board games are so hard to get right, aren't they? They have to deliver adventurous, imaginative freedom, a real ...

We review The Voynich Puzzle, published by Salt & Pepper Games. In The Voynich Puzzle, you will collectively try to decipher ...

The unique ancient Greek board game Zatrikion discovered at the Knossos Palace shows that the ancients had a penchant for leisurely games.

When you’re trying to get someone into a complicated board game you like, going over the rules and making them stick is the most difficult part. A little preparation can save you some time and a ...

In most board games, everyone starts off with the same stuff. You all get three wood or two knights. All players start at the edges of the map or begin with the same number of coins. Even games where ...

Deck-building games are among the newer innovations in the ages-old hobby of playing card and board games. Like many fresh ideas, the concept of a deck-building game is startling in its simplicity.

Complex tabletop games are becoming more niche as designers focus on creating smaller, less dense experiences for newcomers to the hobby. Games like Star Wars: Rebellion, Root, and Gloomhaven provide ...

Due to its easy-to-teach rules and quick playtime, Codenames has quickly become a recommended choice as one of the best party board games available. While many games in the genre struggle with or ...

Thousands of years before Monopoly, people were playing games like Senet, Patolli and Chaturanga Meilan Solly - Senior Associate Digital Editor, History Long before Settlers of Catan, Scrabble and ...

Some things are as old as civilization as we know it: agriculture, government, written language, a reverence for cats, and gaming. As further proof of that last one, Turkish archeologists have ...

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Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a unique mosaic-style board game in the Mayan city of Naachtun, Guatemala, ...