board games

If you'd like to lure your kids away from video games, iPods and TV for a while, you could try introducing them to some of the old card and board games. There's a reason these oldies but goodies are still around. Your youngsters may have trouble with the idea of playing something as tame as a...

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.

Seasoned Black Friday shoppers know that the best way to save during this all-important shopping day is to plot out a course of action ahead of time. That means knowing what you want and where to get it -- at the lowest possible price, of course. Such planning entails scouring the Black Friday...

The Walmart Black Friday ad leaked out to many deal collecting sites earlier this week, but until yesterday they kept it offline under threat of legal action by the mega retailer. After the OK was finally given, the entire Walmart Black Friday ad has been posted and it contains a lot of deals. Best...

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 the passing of July 4th, we are over halfway to Christmas, which means retailers are gearing up for the merriest of seasons by rolling out Christmas in July specials. While some stores will try to woo you with 10 %off and flashy animations, Toys R Us is slashing prices soo much, you'd think...

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...