Board Games
The Best Unique and NSFW Board Games for You and Your Awful Friends
We’ve seen the classics. We're on the best NSFW board games now, including a plastic penis pump-off apparatus, a board game about hygge, and more.
I Tried a Viral Electrocution Game Just to Feel Something
This viral zapping game has over 10,000 hot take reviews, so I tested it (and my friends' love) to see if the zap is really that addictive.
How Wargames Help the Military Actually Wage War
Similar to traditional board games, wargames have been instrumental in training officers and giving insight into actual battle.
A Psychologist Explains Why We’re All So Obsessed With Board Games Once Again
No, we’re not just playing games like Ludo King, Scrabble and Monopoly because we’re bored.
Catan at 25: Checking in on a Once-Revolutionary Board Game
How 'Settlers of Catan' introduced the world to a different kind of family game.
How Board Gamers Embraced Tabletop Sims During Lockdown
When coronavirus ended normal get-togethers, tabletop gaming simulators—formerly a niche-within-a-niche hobby—became the only way to play.
This 51,300-Piece Puzzle Will Either Chill You Out or Ruin Your Quarantine
If you happen to have $599.95 that you aren't blowing on black market sourdough starter, Kodak would like you to buy its unhinged puzzle.
I Made My Friends Play a Board Game Preparing Them for Death
'Now and Then' is designed to make you think about your legacy, your mortality, and your end of life wishes.
'Ms. Monopoly' Erases the Woman Who Invented Monopoly
A woman came up with the idea for 'Monopoly,' but a man took credit and profited from it.
The Perils of Storytelling in Roguelikes
Storytelling in games is already hard, but balancing randomization and clarity in roguelike narrative can be particularly difficult.
A Cancelled Board Game Revealed How Colonialism Inspires and Haunts Games
'Scramble for Africa' was cancelled amid apologies from a publisher and a broader debate about ethical gaming in the tabletop space.
How One Dev Is Using Games as Therapy to Reach Across Generations
Game designer Alex Jimenez and social worker Timothy Burns are using games to help young people to open up about mental health.