BoardGames

Every year, a few innovative products and services capture the public's imagination, they find a unique niche and become runaway hits. Here are 10 hot products of 2010 -- some of which may surprise you.

You really can't blame the guy too much. After all, we're talking Park Place and Boardwalk.Maybe you've heard, and maybe you haven't, but here's the gist of what we know. The news is just now breaking that last weekend, on Saturday night, a 54-year-old Michigan man, Kenneth Reppke, was playing...

With board games making a comeback during the recession, it's good to know there is much more out there than Monopoly to pass the idle time while waiting for callbacks from employers.While Monopoly has its fans, it seems a little old-fashioned and based on the idea that being a ruthless landlord...

Most families have less money to spend on entertainment than they did a couple years ago, but they appear to be finding money to spend on board games.Gail DeGiulio, founder and chief funster of SimplyFun, a company that sells board games, puzzles, and other family entertainment products through...

In the days before video gaming, we used to gather together face to face to socialize and play games made of paper and plastic. No kidding. In the mid-80s, a new board game, Trivial Pursuit, swept the nation, to the puzzlement of many. What was it about this game, so similar to the TV game shows...

My daughter's seventh birthday is coming up, and I know at least one toy I'm purchasing: a board game.A few weeks ago, I was surveying the household. My daughters, who are four and six, were watching TV and playing a computer game, at the same time. I was working on my own computer. There were...

If you like the idea of retiring before the age of 702, you may have decided against taking a cross-country vacation this summer. As Tracy Coenen recently wrote, staycations are increasingly popular in this time of a stagnant economy and high gas prices.Taking a few days off from work and hanging...