Assassin's Creed Has a Board Game; It Comes Out in Two Weeks
The next Assassin's Creed game releases on Feb. 26. Wait, what? Yeah, it's a board game; something called Assassin's Creed: Arena.
The Greatest Board Game Never Made
What would happens when you take every 80s and 90s board game and mash them together to create a garish monster? Pure magic.
Warhammer's Mortal Enemy Now has A Video Game
Warmachine, the tabletop wargame that's stealing a ton of Warhammer's thunder, is about to get its first video game adaptation. Provided its fans can raise $500,000.
The New Age Of Star Wars Tabletop Role-Playing Begins Today
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West End and Wizards of the Coast had their go. Now it's Fantasy Flight Games' turn at tackling Star Wars tabletop role-playing, and they're off to a gruff and gritty start with Edge of the Empire. Who wants to be a bounty hunter?
Board Games, War Games, Pen-and-Paper RPGs — What's Your Tabletop…
In today's Speak Up on Kotaku, likely inspired by the release of an MMO-themed Monopoly game, curious commenter Dracosummoner wants to know what games you bring to the table when you're not glued to the screen.
Study: Board Games Started as a Pastime for the Elite
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Competitive board games started as a pastime for the elite, spreading to Europe during Roman conquest, according to a new study published in Antiquity.
Fund Chocolate Dice For Delicious Games of D&D
Funding video games is great and all, but lets not forget table top gaming, especially when it involves dice you can eat. Actually all this is, is funding the creation of dice you can eat, but that's enough for me.
Angry Birds' Slingshot-Toting Board Game In Eight Exciting Images
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Earlier this year we heard about the Angry Birds' board game from Mattel. Then we had a chance to see the game in action at CES. Now we've noticed that it's for sale over on Amazon for $20. And there are PICTURES!
Last Week, I Killed the Red Baron In my Living Room
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What a coincidence. No sooner does Crecente spend the weekend playing tabletop games than I go and do something similar. Only instead of fighting a messy, dirty ground war, I took to the skies with Fantasy Flight Games' Wings of War.
I'm Impressed By How Much This Tabletop Game Looks Like Video Game War
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I haven't played a tabletop game since my near-obsession with Warhammer back in my college days.
Thorn Dice, The Most Brutal Tabletop Dice In All The Land
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Although you'll have to make sure they get a good randomizing rotation in the air before they land-they don't look like they'd roll well-you'd be hard pressed to find a more badass set of number generators than these "thorn dice," available in hard resin or metal depending on how much you'd like to pay. (Platinum…
Angry Birds The Tabletop Version
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A fan of iPhone and iPad game Angry Birds is so into the game that she's created her own tabletop version which she calls Angry Birds Live.
The World's Greatest Dungeons & Dragons Room
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Devon Burntwire has, for the last two years, been working on a little project: a custom room, designed solely for games of Dungeons & Dragons. It's now finished, and it's amazing.
Tabletop Gaming & Video Games Meet In A Safe, Happy Place
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This is SurfaceScape, a project aimed at taking Microsoft's "Surface" touch-screen table and bending it to the will of a bunch of tabletop gamers.
WizKids DOA
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Unboxing Table Top Halo
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What Games Can (Continue to) Learn From D&D
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Gamasutra has an interesting piece up that celebrates the art of thoughtful thievery — based around the idea that there are "no new ideas," so picking and choosing your sources wisely can at least lead to interesting new creations. Going off the recent release of the 4th edition of Dungeons & Dragons, Tom Smith looks at…