In a recent opinion piece, a movie critic raised the question, "How has Universal studios managed to turn a child's game (Battleship) into a major motion picture. What's next - Yahtzee?" While the critic's question may have been tongue-in-cheek, research shows that he wasn't far off. Due to the lack of originality in Tinsel Town, studios are scrambling to buy the rights to numerous board and fa...
IBM is at it again. But this time their target for domination isn't aimed at nerdy trivia buffs or intimidating chess masters, its electronic jaws are chomping at the bit to take a megabyte out of sweet innocent little children. The big story in...
A gay man has ended up in hospital after an innocent game of Operation went horribly wrong. Larry Sabu, 20, was indulging in the popular table-top children's game with some 'young' associates when he accidentally stumbled. "I was holding the tw...
MasterBait Games have announced that they are countering the news that the British public are bored of board games. "We realise that modern parents no longer have the time to spend with their children playing Monopoly for thirty-six hours straight...
Ashley Cole has today revealed that he is not the only one in the Cole household to have failed to play by the rules. The grim faced Chelsea star has disclosed information relating to a game of Monopoly the couple enjoyed which resulted in Ashley...
Widdington Games, in conjunction with former Royal Bank of Botchland boss Sir Fred Th'shred, has used part of his enormous pension to develop a game which is set to take the world of board games by storm. Called "Floptopoly", and based on the worl...
People are "going bananas", say the makers, for a new boardgame called "Ponzi!", released last week. In the game, players start with 3 houses and £3million each, then take as much money as possible plus bonus on the first "year" (circuit of board...
When police called at the home of former "Scrabble" factory worker Reg Fox on an un-related matter, they couldn't believe their eyes. Reg, who has worked at the plant in Llandovery for 35 years, had hoarded an estimated one million plastic tiles,...
J. Parslow and Sons, for 48 years printers of "Monopoly" money, have called in administrators after reporting 3-month losses. It is believed that the boardgame market has seen falls of between 18% and 24% in the pre-Christmas period, their worst figu...
CINCINNATI, Ohio - One of the biggest toy and board game manufacturers in the world, Milf Botty has just come out with some board games just in time for Christmas. Dawson B. Ellsworth, director of new board game development helped to introduce, market, and distribute the following four new board games. THE GIMME GIMME BAILOUT GAME: One of this Christmas season's most popular board games was...
Millions of devout Scrabble players have been descending on the Saudi Arabian city of Qaid, to take part in that holiest of Scrabble activities, the haj. Some were arriving on zhos, specially imported from the Himalayas to transport them in their sea...
Adolf Hitler absolutely adored board games. He was an adept scrabble player, though many thought his personal favourites would have been RISK or Monopoly, or even the long-delayed board version of Genocidal Ethnic Cleansing (for advanced players). It turned out that behind Adolfs seemingly innocent love of Scrabble, there was a darker aspect to his enthusiasm, apparently he was hoping to creat...
Manchester City, the world's richest football club, and their city rivals, Manchester United, are to be included in the latest edition of the popular financial property game for players of all ages, Monopoly. It's the first time that clubs have be...
The hugely popular game of Monopoly has become unplayable after it became the latest victim of the global economic situation, this reporter has learned. A spokesperson for Monopoly listed the various problems that have called a halt to the game:...
The financial markets were left reeling following the revelation that the makers of the popular board game Monopoly had been under pinning the Lehman Brothers for many years. Monopoly had been ploughing money into the Lehman Brothers banking firm...
(Washington & Chicago & Points In Between) - Presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama decided to get his relationship with the press off to a strong start by playing a game of hide and seek with with them yesterday. Aides suggested this game play...
Nostalgia, Candyland -- Long-smouldering Mount Jimmy erupted in Candyland today, imperiling the surrounding village of Lollipop Woods, which had to be evacuated. Mt. Jimmy spewed forth a rain of toxic jimmies on Lollipop Woods and set fire to many o...
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