Board Games

Gaming

Game Of Thrones Board Game Is Full Of Violence And Betrayal, Void Of Sex

12:00PM January 26, 2012 | Kirk Hamilton

Lies, Bloodshed, Betrayal! Power and influence, secrets and whispers, fragile alliances shattered in heartache and death! Also, lots of intense, weird sex. These are the things I think of when I think of Game of Thrones. More »


Geek Out

I Hope This Giant Wall Of Scrabble Contains Centuple Word Scores

10:30AM January 25, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

If you suck at Scrabble as much as I do, the prospect of putting your epic three-letter creations on display with this massive 4.5sqm board isn’t that appealing. Nor is paying $US12,000 just to embarrass yourself. More »


Geek Out

Here’s The Closest We’ll Get To That Star Wars Animated Chess Set

7:00AM January 25, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

The company that brought us the iPhone Appgun is back with another augmented reality toy. This time it’s a board game called CheckARz which takes a crack at recreating that awesome battling chess set from Star Wars, with marginal success. More »


Gaming

The Settlers Of Catan Boldly Goes Where No Man Has Gone Before

7:00AM January 22, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

Did you hear that? That’s the sound of a million Trekkies and board game enthusiasts heads exploding. Because come March, the first themed version of Settlers of Catan will be released, called Star Trek Catan. Set your faces to stunned. More »


Gaming

iPawn Interactive Pieces Bring iPad Board Games To Life

1:40AM November 4, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

Back when it was just a prototype, the iPawn game pieces had us scratching our heads over how they interacted with a touchscreen. But now that they’ll officially be available this month, we have a better idea of how they turn the iPad into an interactive board game. More »


Gaming

GameChanger Turns Your iPad Into A Closet’s Worth Of Games

3:45AM November 3, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

You can tweak the rules to keep it interesting, but that copy of Monopoly sitting in your closet is always going to be Monopoly. The GameChanger, however, incorporates swappable skins and an iPad running accompanying apps so every game night it can be something completely different. More »


Gaming

Now You Can Win Scrabble With The Word ‘Grrl’

5:40PM May 13, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

Next time you play Scrabble, grab the official Collins Dictionary so you can outmanoeuvre your friends with words like “webzine”, “darknet” and “grrl”. Be prepared, though, as those non-techies across from you may win with the dreaded “Facebook”. More »


Entertainment

Unique Tron Board Game Worthy Of Its Own Daft Punk Soundtrack

8:00AM April 11, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Some dads just got it going on. Like Brett King. He knew his kids loved the new Tron: Legacy movie so he went and built them this one-of-a-kind board game. More »


Gaming

Become A Millionaire With Facebook Monopoly

7:40AM February 17, 2011 | Mike Fahey

The offline social game you play with your friends becomes the online social game you play with your friends with Monopoly Millionaires, the Facebook game where everybody gets their own Monopoly board. More »


Gaming

The New Monopoly Will Be Controlled By An All-Powerful, All-Seeing Tower

2:00AM February 10, 2011 | Casey Chan

Later this year, there’ll be a new version of Monopoly called Monopoly Live that places a 10-inch tower right in the middle of the board. Why? Because that tower controls every aspect of the game: it rolls the dice, it calculates rent, it knows whose turn it is and where your piece is on the board, and knows exactly how much money you have. More »