Whether they require light strategy, fuel conversations or are just straight nonsense, party board games change the mood of any friend or family gathering. We talked to board game designers and avid ...

Root's beautiful woodland aesthetic belies its complexity, with unique victory conditions adding to the challenge. Wingspan's stunning bird artwork and aesthetics are unparalleled, despite a deep ...

In Gameological Unplugged, Samantha Nelson looks at trends and new developments in the vast world of tabletop games. During middle school, I carried a deck of playing cards almost everywhere I went.

Modern games are mostly the product of a design trend that dates back to the mid-'90s. So it's of particular interest to go digging for gold in the years prior to that explosion. Here, presented in ...

Amabel Holland, a forty-one-year-old board-game designer from Dearborn, Michigan, believes that a chance discovery at a comic-book store saved her life. In 2010, she wandered into the shop with her ...

Board Games I didn't expect this new board game to become my summer obsession, but now I've dropped everything else Board Games I've been reporting on board games and tabletop RPGs for years, and I ...

Many of the most ancient and enduring board games around, from chess to checkers, are for two players only, and with good reason. Two going head-to-head is an undiluted contest of skill and, sometimes ...

For many, the thought of playing board games evokes childhood memories of rainy-day Monopoly marathons or Scrabble showdowns. But board games are undergoing a modern renaissance. Players are seeking ...