Board Games

Life

How Wargames Help the Military Actually Wage War

11.12.20

By Pierre Longeray
A Psychologist Explains Why We’re All So Obsessed With Board Games Once Again

06.26.20

By Shamani Joshi
Games

Catan at 25: Checking in on a Once-Revolutionary Board Game

06.11.20

By Paul Dean
Games

How Board Gamers Embraced Tabletop Sims During Lockdown

05.29.20

By Brian Boyle
Entertainment

This 51,300-Piece Puzzle Will Either Chill You Out or Ruin Your Quarantine

04.22.20

By Jelisa Castrodale
Games

I Made My Friends Play a Board Game Preparing Them for Death

10.24.19

By Melanie Ehrenkranz
Games

‘Ms. Monopoly’ Erases the Woman Who Invented Monopoly

09.11.19

By Eric Thurm
Games

The Perils of Storytelling in Roguelikes

07.23.19

By Ricardo Contreras
Games

A Cancelled Board Game Revealed How Colonialism Inspires and Haunts Games

04.12.19

By Jon Bolding
Games

How One Dev Is Using Games as Therapy to Reach Across Generations

11.16.18

By Dante Douglas
Flip Over Police Vans and Riot in This New Board Game for Anarchists

11.12.18

By Luke Winkie
Money

I Played an Anti-Socialist Board Game with Real Socialists and They Loved It

05.02.18

By Justin Caffier

The Latest

Screenshot: Pokemon GO

Gaming

Pokémon GO: Into the Depths Event Dates, Bonuses, and Another Gen 9 Debut

Glimmet and Glimmora arrive in Pokémon GO. Get the Into the Depths event dates, bonuses, and tips on how to evolve the latest Gen 9 debut.

4 minutes ago

By Denny Connolly
Screenshot: Embark Studios

Gaming

Arc Raiders Devs Experimented With Auction House-Style Trading, Here Is Why They Scrapped It

Arc Raiders lead designer Virgil Watkins explains why an auction house was scrapped to make sure the game didn’t become all about coins.

36 minutes ago

By Denny Connolly
Screenshot: Nintendo

Gaming

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Hotel Visitors Explained (Why You Can’t Invite Them to Your Island)

We explain why Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0 hotel guests are temporary tourists and how to make the most of their visits.

1 hour ago

By Denny Connolly
Photo: Arrow / Getty Images

Life

Glowing Green Skin Could Be the Future of Disease Detection

What if inflammation could be detected early by turning you into a living black light poster?

2 hours ago

By Luis Prada
Photo: AleksandarNakic / Getty Images

Life

Young People Are Ditching Screens to Find Happiness, and It’s Working

There’s some cool stuff outside of that 6-inch screen we’re always staring at.

2 hours ago

By Luis Prada