I am an avid consumer of all forms of media. I'm either reading, watching, playing, or listening to something. Here's a rundown of s...

App Reviews Chain Link Pro: puzzle, dexterity Netflix : utility Reiner Knizia's Samurai : strategy, boardgame conversion Spite ...

New Content for Snoopy: Joystiq is almost correct: Snoopy Flying Ace is the best flight game of the past several years, and now it has new...

Huey, Dewey, Louie, Donald, and Gyro are each working on a single day this week guarding Uncle Scrooge's money bin. Huey is working as...

No, it's not a game, but I'm giving myself a little topic leeway on Fridays, and I've been waiting for this one for a year. (Als...

During my research on Colonial gaming, I came across a bizarre item that I had to share. In the late-19th century, folklorists discovered ...

I thought someone was having fun with me when I first got this link, but now I think it's for real. A German company called FiAA is pl...

Chain Link Pro is a game that kind of sneaks up on you. It's a simple concept that would appear to have limited appeal., but it turns ou...

Boardgame News has a terrific preview of the new Dominion: Prosperity set due from Rio Grande next month. The link will take you to a detai...

"If you want to be robbed, my son, play Put in a tavern."    Captain Crawley, The Card Players Manual (1876)    [via David Parl...

The annual Games 100 , our guide to the best games of the year, is finally locked down. The awards are picked for Electronic Game of the Yea...

Samurai is one of Knizia’s more popular designs. Along with Tigris and Euphrates and Through the Desert, it’s part of his “tile-laying trilo...

A new puzzle is up at the website . This is a tough one. I didn't create it, and I doubt very much that I can solve it. If you can sol...

If she does, then a black cake with green icing isn't going to help matters. H/T Failblog .

As I've said in the past , I have serious problems with the nihilistic, excessively violent, and anti-American elements in Modern Warfar...

Robert Abbott is one of the masters of logic mazes, which add layers of complexity to the standard linear point-to-point maze. (You can find...

Cards were far and way the most popular pastime for people of all classes and genders in the 18th century. Records show tavern keeps buying ...

I was surprised to find this game in the App store, since it's fairly obscure. Oddly enough, my wife had just asked if there was such a ...

As I mentioned last week, I spent part of my vacation in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. Although I always keep an eye out for games when ...

Since today marks one month since I started this blog, I thought I’d take stock and give you some idea of what I’ll be doing going forward. ...