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iChapaev Puts a Russian Twist on Checkers
AppCraver —
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iChapaev by MaxNick is supposedly fashioned after a Russian board game, but I have no real idea. At first glance, it resembles checkers a great deal. However, once you start playing it, it more so resembles a checker fight between two rivaling siblings. The object of iChapaev is to knock all your opponent’s ...6 hours ago -
iChapaev Puts a Russian Twist on Checkers
AT&T (formerly Cingular) iPhone Reviews, iPhone Apps and Accessories —
Authority: 148
iChapaev by MaxNick is supposedly fashioned after a Russian board game, but I have no real idea. At first glance, it resembles checkers a great deal. However, once you start playing it, it more so resembles a checker fight between two rivaling siblings. The object of iChapaev is to knock all your opponent’s pieces ...7 hours ago -
National Gaming Day At Libraries A Massive Success
Impact Lab —
Authority: 540
Jenny “Shifted Librarian” Levine and the American Library Association threw an astoundingly successful National Gaming Day in America’s libraries. This is the second year for NGD, and the participation more than doubled. Patrons played all kinds of games — tabletop, board games, video games — and discovered ...9 hours ago -
MONOPOLY – Electronic Arts
Christopher Ross —
Authority: 150
** GAME FEAST SALE ** SAVE UP TO 50%!!GOBBLE UP THIS GAME NOW! We’ve set up a buffet of savings on our tastiest titles. Hurry, sale ends 11/29! _______________________________________PLAY THE ORIGINAL BOARD GAME WHERE YOU CAN OWN IT ALL!Take a ride on the Reading Railroad! Buy Boardwalk! Go directly to jail! ...9 hours ago -
Black Friday shopping guide: Best places to buy
WalletPop Blog —
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Filed under: Bargains , Shopping , Black Friday Seasoned Black Friday shoppers know that the best way to save during this all-important shopping day is to plot out a course of action ahead of time. That means knowing what you want and where to get it -- at the lowest possible price, of course. Such planning ...13 hours ago -
Caption if You Can
Purple Pawn —
Authority: 440
Adventureland Games is no longer a sggc. We described their first game, Cannonball Colony , as “Settlers of Catan With Cannons”. Their newest (and third) game is Caption if You Can , a pretty formulaic party game: show a picture, each player tries to create a funny caption, vote on the best. 160 photos, which ...21 hours ago -
New From Nestor Games
Purple Pawn —
Authority: 440
Nestor Games has several new “scrunchable” games for sale: The aztec market is a game by Victor Melo for the whole family, in which each player controls four buyers who have traveled to the market of Tlatelolco in order to buy commodities from the local vendors, trying to match the capricious tastes of the ...21 hours ago -
Kasparov Beats Karpov in 25th Anniversary Match
Purple Pawn —
Authority: 440
Kasparov just played Karpov in an exhibition rematch dating back to their last major meeting . After a few months and numerous games of quick and speed Chess, Kasparov has been declared the winner. ( source ) ( image )21 hours ago -
The Golden Geek Awards 2009: Fluff Daddy Does Commentary
aka pastor guy —
Authority: 121
The Golden Geek Awards were just announced last weekend during BGG.con... these are "game of the year" awards voted on by the folks who frequent Board Game Geek . What follows is my commentary on the awards (and some of the nominees). Game of the Year and Card Game: Dominion A very ...1 day ago -
Brand new bop
ToyTalk: Toy news, reviews and features —
Authority: 136
by Eleanor de Bruin One of the most popular toys on the market at the moment has come back with another fun addition to the gameplay. Hasbro’s Bop It! now includes a ‘Shout it!’ command, where you shout into a microphone. Suitable for everyone aged eight and over, the game tests your physical and mental ...1 day ago -
Alea Analysis #21: Witchs Brew (Medium Box #4)
Shannon A. —
Authority: 113
And so we finally come to the most recently released Alea game--and also the one Ive played the most this year-- Witchs Brew . Its a return to a lighter, filler sort of game, and I think the most successful one in that category other than the ground-breaking San Juan . Witchs Brew is a pretty unique game that Id ...1 day ago -
Short Stories About Cluedo
Purple Pawn —
Authority: 440
The Times Online asked its readers for short story submissions based on the game Cluedo (Clue, for you Americans). It got over 100 entries. The winning entry was posted online here . Miss Scarlett danced on to Mike’s lap. The chants of “going down, going down” stopped abruptly and Jack started to ...1 day ago -
Blox
Purple Pawn —
Authority: 440
Blox is a clean abstract game of demolishing and re-building towers on a grid. It’s designed by Hans Raggan, Jürgen P. Grunau, and Wolfgang Kramer, and published by Ravensburger. The towers are made from blocks of four different colors. Using a hand full of cards, each in one of four colors. Each turn, you: ...1 day ago -
Game Pimping Roundup
Purple Pawn —
Authority: 440
Time to clear out the post queue … San Fransisco Chronicle pimps the Just Awesome board game store (these guys seem to press about an article a month). ( source ) 4TNZ pimps the designer of the Twilight New Moon Board Game . ( source ) Chicago Tribune pimps Darryl Hannah, Liebrary , and a brief mention of ...1 day ago -
How I Met Your Mother – “Slapsgiving 2: Revenge of the Slap”
Cultural Learnings —
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“Slapsgiving 2: Revenge of the Slap” November 23rd, 2009 I’ve been having a back and forth with other critics over the past few weeks about the current state of How I Met Your Mother, as there’s a general consensus that the show got rid of Barney and Robin before its comic potential had been fulfilled ...1 day ago -
OgreCave review – Adaptoid
OgreCave —
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As the holiday gift shopping season closes in on us, OgreCave continues to offer insight on worthwhile game products. To that end, Lee has provided his review of Adaptoid by nestorgames. This abstract strategy board game is thematically similar to Ursuppe/Primordial Soup in that little critters are growing and ...2 days ago -
Kid Game Reviews: Animal Upon Animal: The Duel
aka pastor guy —
Authority: 121
Animal Upon Animal - The Duel designer: Klaus Miltenberger & Udo Peise publisher: Haba date: 2008 BoardGameGeek rank/rating: not ranked/6.04 age: 5+ # of players: 2 print status: in print cost: $12.59 (maukilo.com) I first saw Animal Upon Animal being played ...2 days ago -
Guest Post: Chitag 2009
Purple Pawn —
Authority: 440
The following is a guest post from Nate Scheidler, Director of Community Marketing,Chicago Toy and Game Group The 2009 Chicago Toy and Game Fair was a terrific success. From the quality and content of the Toy and Game Inventor’s Expo that precedes it, to the emotion of the TAGIE Awards ceremony, to the activity ...2 days ago -
Blurt! Word Race Game | Giveaway
The Dirty Shirt - Hands on product reviews for items from baby products to tech gadgets —
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Tim Walsh shares the Eureka moment of inventing a best-selling board game. The idea for Blurt! came while I was helping my girlfriend, a third grade teacher, in her classroom. I opened a children’s dictionary and read aloud, “The nut of an oak tree.” I wasn’t looking for a response because I hadn’t asked ...2 days ago -
Board games – boredom beaters
Family Times —
Authority: 127
Why not set aside some family time each week to play a traditional board game together? It may be a bit old-fashioned, and few parents these days have time to play games with the children after work, but you may be surprised by how much a family can gain by setting aside one evening [...]2 days ago
