Board Games

The Hungry Hungry Hippos Games

Laurence Hughes | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Book News, Peeta, Haymitch, Milton Bradley, Board Games, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Katniss, District 12, The Hunger Games, Hasbro, Battleship, Humor, Parody, Comedy News

The movie The Hunger Games has inspired a number of mash-ups that mix the film with a certain children's game. It's time the meme was extended to the original novel.

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Words With Friends

Lisa K. Friedman | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Family Time Technology, iPad Games, Ipad Words With Friends, Families Games, Word With Friends, Family Game Night, Board Games, Fifty News

We used to be a game-playing family. We played cards: pitch, poker, gin-rummy and bridge. We battled over Pictionary or Trivial Pursuit. Now, the house is silent except for the incessant clicking of keys. Instead of living, they are playing Words With Friends. All of them, all the time.

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The Board Game That Inspired Last Night's Mad Men Title

TresSugar | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Dating Game, Mad Men, Mystery Date, Board Games, Mystery Date Board Game, Mad Men Season 5, 60s Board Games, Nostalgia, Women News

We're all well-versed in '90s board games for girls, but did you know there was popular '60s board game that inspired the title of last night's Mad Me...

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How My Bestseller Became A Board Game

Neil Strauss | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Board Games, Books Into Games, The Game, Games Based on Books, Who's Got Game, Books News

A lot of people send in emails saying, "We can make a lot of money together," and it tends to be a turn-off. However, this email made me pay attention: it had credibility and passion.

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World of Othello Tournament, Now in 35th Year, Taking Place in NY Area this Weekend

Kate Kelly | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Tournament, World Competition, Othello, Board Games, Anjar, New York News

Evidence of basic board games has been found in royal tombs that date as far back as 2500 BCE, so it is clear that as soon as there was some level of leisure time, people were looking for ways to amuse themselves.

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WATCH: Bestselling Board Game Adapted Into Book

Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Settlers of Catan Board Game, Rebecca Gablé, Book Adaptations, Settlers of Catan, Settlers of Catan Book, Board Games, Video, Books News

The Settlers of Catan is one of the most popular board games of recent times. It's a kind of trading and resource allocation game where each player tr...

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What Board Games Are Becoming Hollywood Films?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Battleship, Ridley Scott, Candy Land, Board Games, Action Films, Monopoly, Sony Pictures, Mcg, Michael Bay, Risk, Entertainment News

The classic Hasbro board game Candy Land is aimed at preschool-aged children who cannot yet read, and follows a bunch of plastic gingerbread playing t...

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Polish Give You Meaning To 'Board' Game With Communist Entertainment

AP | MONIKA SCISLOWSKA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Board Game, Communism, Queue Board Game, Poland Communism, Line Polish Board Game, Board Games, Line Board Game, Queue, Poland, Polish Board Game, World News

WARSAW, Poland — You won't get to build hotels or collect rent in a new Polish board game reminiscent of Monopoly. In fact, you may be lucky eve...

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Obama Appoints Mr. Monopoly as Economic Advisor

Spencer Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, William Daley, Mr. Monopoly, Wall Street, Board Games, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago, William Daley Chief of Staff, Chief of Staff, Business, Gene Sperling, Monopoly, Barack Obama, Comedy News

In his continuing efforts to forge better ties with business, President Obama has appointed Rich Uncle Pennybags, aka Mr. Monopoly, as Chairman of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board.

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'Settlers Of Catan' Is The 'Monopoly' Of Our Time

Washington Post | Blake Eskin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Monopoly, Board Games, Settlers of Catan, Home News

Then again, though its vocabulary is depressingly current, the game is in other ways completely inappropriate today. Instead, the great board game of ...

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It's Hip To Be Square, Apparently: Why Mah-Jongg Makes Me Cool

Meredith C. Carroll | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Chia Pet, Gisele Bundchen, Trendsetters, Architectural Digest, Mel Gibson, Board Games, Sixteen Candles, Mahjong, Trends, Demi Moore, InStyle Magazine, Anthony Michael Hall, Wall Street Journal, The Hangover, Bjork, Ashton Kutcher, The Balanced Life, Healthy Living News

Who knew a little over a year ago, when I was invited to join a small group of women for a regular game of mah-jongg, that we'd be considered "young and hip"?

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Taking Saturdays Off: Turning Luxury Into Necessity

Delia Lloyd | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Self-Imposed Vacation, Communicatrix, Time Off, Yoga, Synagogues, The New Yorker, Jewishness, Settlers of Catan, Board Games, Judaism, Colleen Wainwright, Sabbath, Garrison Keillor, Dvd Commentaries, Viennese Coffee House, Saturdays, Unplug and Recharge, Healthy Living News

I'm going to experiment with assigning myself only two jobs on Saturday -- going to yoga and reading The New Yorker.

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Tightened Budgets Result In Family Bonding

AP | MEGAN K. SCOTT | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Relationships, Board Games, Economic Crisis, Tv, Cable Tv, Bonding, Movies, Family, Healthy Living News

NEW YORK — After almost 16 years of marriage, Unita Walburn and her husband had drifted apart. The stress of raising two special needs children ...

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Blockular: the Adventure of Funny Aliens

www.mochiads.com | Mochiads | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Puzzle, Games, Adventure, Blocks, Board Games, Aliens, Flash Game, Logic, Video, Comedy News

Next variation of the well known logic game - Blocks. This time the game is made in the form of adventures of funny cute aliens that develop from level to level. Exciting new puzzle game with great story mode and long lasting arcade mode But the basics are still the same: you need to find connected identical blocks and to remove them on advantageous direction.

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Great Games for Christmas: The Economy Edition!

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Holidays, Chutes and Ladders, Humor, Board Games, Satire, Economy, Christmas, Hasbro, Monopoly, The Game of Life, Candyland, Guess Who, Clue, Life, Milton Bradley, Style News

Great game for Christmas? Clue. I know who did it! It was Pastor Warren, in the chapel, with the lead pipe! Oh....OH, oh my god. Kids, turn away! That is NOT a marriage!

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