The next Assassin's Creed game releases on Feb. 26. Wait, what? Yeah, it's a board game; something called Assassin's Creed: Arena. » 2/15/14 2:00pm 2/15/14 2:00pm

What would happens when you take every 80s and 90s board game and mash them together to create a garish monster? Pure magic. » 12/16/13 7:00pm 12/16/13 7:00pm

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. » 7/11/13 12:00am 7/11/13 12:00am

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? » 7/05/13 2:00pm 7/05/13 2:00pm

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. » 6/20/12 5:30pm 6/20/12 5:30pm

Competitive board games started as a pastime for the elite, spreading to Europe during Roman conquest, according to a new study published in Antiquity. » 12/06/11 2:00pm 12/06/11 2:00pm

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. » 11/30/11 1:00pm 11/30/11 1:00pm

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! » 11/02/11 5:40pm 11/02/11 5:40pm

I haven't played a tabletop game since my near-obsession with Warhammer back in my college days. » 9/26/11 11:00am 9/26/11 11:00am

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… » 3/30/11 4:30pm 3/30/11 4:30pm

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. » 3/08/10 6:30am 3/08/10 6:30am

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. » 12/10/09 4:30am 12/10/09 4:30am

WizKids, makers of all things HeroClix and Halo ActionClix, just got shuttered by parent company The Topps Company. “This was an extremely difficult decision. While the company will still actively pursue gaming initiatives, we feel it is necessary to align our efforts more closely with Topps current sports and… » 11/11/08 11:00am 11/11/08 11:00am

Jenga Donkey Kong Special Edition » 11/04/08 4:40pm 11/04/08 4:40pm wasn't the only game to show up on my doorstep during my stint to Japan. I also received a box containing the Halo Interactive Strategy Game. The board game comes with an interactive DVD for "enhanced gameplay and battles", 15 sculpted character pieces and a 3D modular board. I…

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… » 6/14/08 12:30pm 6/14/08 12:30pm