In what’s by far the longest posting I’ve ever seen on their website, Crave, the gadget blog by CNET, reviews the Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition digital initiative. The article, complete with preview screen-shots, describes the platform’s character creation abilities, dungeon builder function, and game element database. Though not providing a whole lot of detail, [...]
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April Fools has come and gone, and many game related sites got into the spirit with fake press releases and product announcements.
Microsoft ran an advertisement for the XBox Live Board Game. In a fit of silliness, the board game requires the actual XBox to play, as it plugs in to the console via USB port.
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According to Techtree, two online services for mediating live strategy games are themselves battling for publicity. Apparently, Turf is the original game but GoCrossCampus is getting more attention from the New York Times. As best I can tell, both implement some variant on the well-known game Risk, dividing college campuses or corporate organizations into territories [...]
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Inventor Spot informs us about a Japanese furniture retailer offering Tetris-inspired chairs. The chair comes in six colors and can be used in a variety of positions.
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Days of Wonder, publisher of modern family-oriented board games, has surpassed 11 million games played through its online service. The company began offering online play in December 2002, but the popularity of this option really surged after the launch of Ticket to Ride online in October 2004. The big 10 million mark was hit just [...]
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The board game to XBox train keeps on chugging. How do our sources know? By snooping at new game ratings on the ESRB or the German equivalent, the USK.
New board and card game titles in the works include Ticket to Ride and Gin Rummy.
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Igel Ärgern, otherwise known as Hurry Up Hedgehog from Doris & Frank, is headed for the Nintendo DS. The electronic version is being produced by Oxygen Games.
It will be available on March 28 and plays for up to 5 player, on the same system or via wireless.
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Another Castle weighs in on the phenomenon of German board games going digital, especially on the XBox. There sure seem to be a lot of them.
Board games on the XBox are available via XBox Live Arcade, Microsoft’s online game service for the XBox and Games For Windows services. Along with board games, XBox Live Arcade [...]
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DVICE takes a look at electronic versions of Dungeons and Dragons through the last thirty years. I think I used to to own the Mattel one (pictured); I forgot all about it.
Of course, nearly every video game called a “role playing game” is an offshoot of D&D to some extent. Same goes for fantasy board [...]
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From the world of electronic games today, there is news of controversy over the Nintendo DS game Imagination is the Only Escape. Apparently, the game is set during World War II and places players in the role of a French Jewish child who uses his imagination to escape the horrors of the Holocaust surrounding him. [...]
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