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The London Based Bridge Up Board Game
Published on 2012-01-12 06:50:56
This London themed trivia style board game is going to be shown at toy fairs around the world including New York, Nuremberg and London. The game has been created by a London cab driver called Jim Walker, aged 53 years and developed by the game licensing specialists Games Play UK. It’s a 3 dimensional re-creation of the famous landmark, Tower Bridge. The overall objective of the game is to be the first player to collect all of your “bridge up” tokens wilst moving your way around [..] > read more
You’ve Been Sentenced Board Game Reviews
Published on 2012-01-03 04:46:48
is a board game we were sent to review a couple of months back and in that time we’ve played the game more times than I care to count – it really is that addictive. The game has been designed and bought to you by McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds, the same people who bought you the highly rated Twisted Fish card game as well as the Wheel of Ghore-ture game. McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds is a company which was founded back in 2004, launching their own series of innovative games .. [..] > read more
Chaotic Connections Board Game Reviews
Published on 2011-12-15 10:05:26
The Chaotic Connections board game is a family board game bought to you by Chaotic Connections LLC. This family game was released onto the market just a short while ago and since the release it’s received a good deal of positive feedback across the Internet. About The Game Play Chaotic Connections is a well made, quality board game which comes complete with the following:A striking and colorful outer box with professional and attractive artwork A large game board measuring just over 70cm X [..] > read more
Twisted Fish Card Game Review
Published on 2011-10-16 15:55:25
The Twisted Fish game is a card game from McNeil Designs, Designs For Brighter Mights. Their company has been around since 2004 and in that time has released several innovative and educational games into the marketplace, one of which is the Twisted Fish card game. About The Game Play Twisted Fish comes complete with an outer box, a pack of colorful playing cards and a yellow rubber duck. The cards have well designed and colorful drawings of different types of fish including Whales, Eels, Shrimp [..] > read more
Justice League & Super Friends Board Games Coming Soon
Published on 2011-09-29 11:20:47
The Warner Bros company have teamed up with Wonder Forge to design, create and release a series of kids board games based around DC Super Friends and The Justice League. The Justice League, or Justice League Of America (JLA), were founded in 1960 and are a fictional group of superheros which appeared in DC Comics. The Justice League has included many superheros since it’s inception in the 60′s, most notable members include Superman, Batman, The Green Lantern and Wonder Woman. The DC [..] > read more
Simpsons Monopoly Electronic Banking Board Game Reviews
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
The Simpsons Monopoly board game is a fun and funky spin on a timely and classic family board game. For those people who love the Simpson's from their long running TV show and who also love Monopoly, having a Simpson's Monopoly board game available i > read more
How To Choose Board Games For Kids
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
When you are thinking about choosing a board game for your kids to play one of the things you should be keeping in mind is that you want a game which is going to provide some level of enhanced learning experience for the kids. There should usually be > read more
How To Plan For A Family Game Night
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Family game nights are a fantastic way of getting the whole family together to spend some real quality time together, this is something not often achieved any more with the advent of more technical gadgets and the increase of people working unsociabl > read more
How To Buy A Board Game
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Board games, despite the popularity of other mediums on the market like computer games and other gadgets, still remain popular to a certain extent. When you're looking to buy a board game, there are a few things you can consider and keep in mind. C > read more
Isle Of Man Secure A Monopoly Spot
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Today at 10am UK time the Isle of Man will be given the opportunity to nominate landmarks and places for the Isle of Man version of the Monopoly board game at 10am today at Castle Rushen. The new game version comes along side the release of many othe > read more
Where Can You Play Scrabble Online For FREE?
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Despite the fact that board game sales and board game clubs appear to be less popular than they used to be, there are still a huge number of players who want to play Scrabble online for free. Being able to play Scrable online for free is probably the > read more
Great Kids Board Games The Whole Family Can Enjoy
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Play a board game as a family is a great way of the family spending quality time together and interacting with each other, something which is often neglected in today's fast paced society. So in this article we are going to try and help you highlight > read more
Playing Monopoly, 8 Tips To Playing A Better Game
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Playing the Monopoly board game for the first time can be a rather daunting task, you can learn how to play Monopoly by reading the instructions and by watching videos but how do you get good at Monopoly. In this article we aim to provide you with s > read more
How Do You Play The Clue Board Game?
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
The Clue board game is a very fun Murder Mystery/Strategy board game which has been around since the 1940's. Also known as the Cluedo board game outside of North America, this game sees up to 6 players investigating the mansion house murder mystery i > read more
How Do You Play Monopoly Board Game?
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Learning how to play the Monopoly board game can be a daunting task, especially if you want to get good at it and you want to beat all of your friends. But despite it's popularity there are still many people out there who have no clue how to play the > read more
Stratego Board Game Reviews
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
The Stratego board game, a strategy board game for the family has been around since the 1960's when it was first released by the Milton and Bradley company. Since that time the game has been released in a few different versions and has pretty much go > read more
Top 5 Educational & Fun Word Board Games
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Essentially board games are designed and made for fun, along the way they may also facilitate family bonding and group interaction. But word games essentially provide more than that, word board games can better people's language skills, expand their > read more
It’s The New Scrabble Word List, Innit!
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
The highly popular classic Scrabble board game has just had it's list of acceptable words edited with the addition of over 3,000 extra words added to the list. Many of these words are simply ones which weren't in there before such as the word "qin", > read more
Latest Board Games Critic Updates
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Here at Board Games Critic we're constantly thinking of new ways to make the overall visitor experience of our website better and to that end we're constantly developing and tweaking different sections of our website and making additions. Our latest > read more
The Road to Canterbury Board Game – Another Kickstart Project
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Gryphon Games are looking for funding for their second Kickstarter project which is called The Road To Canterbury, a family board game based upon the book The Canterbury Tales. You'll remember a Kickstarter project we featured in the past, well this > read more
Limited Edition Dr Who Monopoly Board Game
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
With the multiple versions of the Monopoly board game available on the market today it's really hard to keep up with the different types and varieties, especially if you're an avid collector of all the different versions. There have been versions bee > read more
Are You Ready For The Quija Movie?
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Along with the Monopoly movie, Battleship movie and Candyland movie, Hasbro are working on yet another film which is born on the back of a board game. Hasbro recently announced a fall in profits at the end of last year as well as more recently announ > read more
Monopoly Movie Official Trailer!
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Okay so it's not the official trailer as that's not out yet but this is worth a watch for sure. With the Monopoly board game due to be released some time after 2012 as the Monopoly Movie the guys at Funny Or Die have put together their own take on th > read more
Educational Board Game Teaches Students About Sustainability
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
The Sustainability board game has recently been made available to schools within the United kingdom. The game was developed following a field trip to Lake Bogoria in Africa, it was designed to help young people to learn more about sustainable living > read more
Our Top 5 Kids Board Games
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Getting kids away from the TV is something many parents are trying to achieve but with so many gadgets and electrical items now contained within the home it's really hard to draw away the child's attention. But as part of a child's development it's r > read more
“Startup Fever” Is The New Game About Town
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Startup Fever is a new board game which is still working it's way through the development stages and appeared on Kickstarter 62 days ago. It's a game designed and created by Louis Perrochon. This educational board game is basically designed around bu > read more
Cashflow 101 Board Game Reviews
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
The Cashflow board game is the game which has been dubbed as this centuries Monopoly board game on steroids, it's an educational board game which is designed by the best selling author of "Rich Dad Poor Dad", Robert Kiyosaki. The game is designed and > read more
EA & Hasbro Join Forced On “Global Monopoly Day”
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Today (April 7th 2011) has been declared Global Monopoly Day by EA (Electronic Arts) and Hasbro, the aim being to set a new Guinness Word Record playing the Monopoly board game. Fans are being invited to participate around the globe in this Monopoly > read more
Custom One Of A Kind Tron Board Game
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
If you're a fan of all things Scifi then you're going to love this next news item! A guy called Brett King has designed and one of a kind board game to play with his kids which is based off of the original "Tron" movie. Tron was released back in 1982 > read more
Candy Land Board Game Coming To The Big Screeens
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
The making of films around popular classic board games seems to be the way everyone is going at the moment. Just recently you'll remember we announced that the Monopoly movie was coming in the next couple of years and that Hub have just announced the > read more
How To Use A Ouija Board Safely!
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWlPL4KZvBM The Ouija board is the paranormal board game which became highly popular during the years of 1920 and 1960, the board itself has been a round a lot longer than that in fact and you can read a full history of the Ou > read more
Olympos Board Game Coming April 2011
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
It seems that more often these days "we", at Board Games Critic, are announcing a new board game release every other week and this week is no different. The French games company Ystari along with the games designer Phillipe Keyaerts has come up with > read more
Hub Will Show Life Board Game & Scrabble Board Game Shows
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
"The Hub" is a network channel which is owned and run by the Hasbro giant, this family channel is aimed at kids and the entire family. The first game show they showed was called "Family Game Night" and it was such a big success that they announced ye > read more
Our Top 5 Family Board Games
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Playing board games as we all know is something which is done far less today than it used to be, board games have taken second place next to computer games and more technical gadgets. However what's the real truth, are board games less popular or are > read more
Where To Play Monopoly Online For FREE, No Downloads Required
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Despite the fact that so many people still love playing traditional board games, they are always looking for a moe fun and technical experience, rather than the "drab" same old experience gained from a Classic board game like Monopoly. This is why so > read more
Ouija Board Game Reviews
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
The Ouija board game is a spooky and spiritual board game which was most popular between 1920 and the mid 1960's. This game, if you can really call it that, involves a group of people (usually around 4-8) sitting around a table in a seance like way a > read more
The Popular Jersey Shore Show Makes It To Board Game This Month!
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Jersey Shore is a very popular American reality series which was shown on MTV during the latter part of 2009, it was only shown in the US. The series follows a group of eight housemates who spend their summer in a summer share in Jersey Shore. There > read more
Monopoly Coming To Colombia
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
The massively popular and successful Monopoly board game has finally made it's way to Colombia. The Monopoly board game is around 75 years old, having been released back in the 1930's. In it's time there have been somewhere around 250 million copies > read more
Will The Monopoly Board Game Make It To The Big Screens?
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
So it's a question that's been flying around a lot lately, will the Monopoly board game make it to the big screens? Since 2007 there have been rumblings of a movie based on the Monopoly board game, it was said that the movie was going to be directed > read more
Classic Monopoly Board Game Sells For $146,500
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
The Monopoly board game, originally known as the Landlords game, recently sold at the UK auction house Southerby's for $146,500 which was almost double the original estimate. Looking at the board of the game myself, it certainly wasn't anything like > read more
The WordPress Board Game, Are They Serious?!
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
So you've heard of the hugely successful open source platform they call WordPress, with millions of downloads every year there's hardly anyone who builds websites and hasn't used WordPress. Well now there is a WordPress board game, the game premiered > read more
Battleship Board Game Gets A Facelift Into Battleship Live!
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Last week I wrote about a brand new intelligent version of Monopoly called Monopoly Live which is due to be released by Hasbro later this year. Well, here at Board Games Critic we've just found out that Hasbro also plan to release a similar intell > read more
Checkers Board Game Reviews
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
The Checkers board game is one which always attracts champions of the gaming world, it's also one which has been around a good many years, so many years in fact that it's thought to originate from around Ancient Egyptian times. The name "Checkers" is > read more
How Do You Play The Sexopoly Board Game?
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
This is a question getting asked a lot lately since the release of the Sexopoly board game by IOS Games Ltd. The Sexopoly board game, just like many other of it's kind, is a game of luck and not Strategy, the type of game you have really does depend > read more
Axis and Allies Board Game Reviews
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
The Axis And Allies board game franchise is a massively popular set of strategy board games which any war game fan would absolutely love. The game, which was designed by Larry Harris, has been around since 1981 and in that time has sold many millions > read more
Cranium Board Game Reviews
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
The Cranium board game is a funny and fun game which is perfect for all of the family to play on game nights, around Christmas or any other occasion in which you want to do something a little different. Cranium involves getting together as a series o > read more
Life Board Game Reviews
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
That's Life, or at least the Life board game anyway. The Life board game, otherwise known as The Game Of Life, is a family board game which requires between 2 and 6 players, playing it with more players can be far less boring though. The aim of the g > read more
Payday Board Game Reviews
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
The Payday board game is a fun and funky family board game which is great for 4 of the family members to sit around and play. This board game has been around for the past 30+ years, since 1975. Many of the principles of Payday of similar to that of M > read more
Monopoly Board Game Gets Intelligent In 2011 With Monopoly Live!
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
In the fall of 2011 Hasbro Inc are due to release a brand new modern version of the classic favourite, the Monopoly board game. The Monopoly board game has been around in one form or another since 1935, in fact there was an earlier version designed i > read more
Zombies Board Game Reviews
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Zombies board game, or Zomies!!! as it's also known across the internet, is a great game for the adults to play on those dark nights in. If you enjoy playing strategy board games but you're looking for something a little different to the "norm" then > read more
Trouble Board Game Reviews
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
The Trouble board game is a simple but fun kids board game which will have those little ones entertained for hours. Trouble has been around over 50+ years and so has more than stood the test of time. Each player has 4 counters which they need to move > read more
The New Board Game For Arrested Development Series
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Arrested Development is a comedy TV series which ran between the yers of 2003 and 2006. The story centred around an excentric and disfunctional family called the Bluth's, the family loose everything after Michael Bluth's (the father and a widower) fa > read more
The Top 5 Board Games About Money
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Board games which are centred around money and making money always turn out to be more interesting than you think, that's usually because it leads to a light harded disagreement or two when trying to work out who is the richest and who has won the > read more
The Sexiest Board Games For Your Valentines Day!
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
It's just around the corner, that special day when it's time to make an extra bit of effort to show someone how much they mean to you. Whilst Valentines day has been over commercialised, there are many cheap and cheerful ways in which you can spice > read more
Sexopoly Board Game Reviews
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
The Sexopoly board game is a pretty new board game which has been released by IOS Games Ltd and it's a great little adult board game. This game needs between 2-6 players to play, ideally the more players you have the more fun the game will be. Becaus > read more
Poland Releases New Board Game To Re-Create Times Of Communism
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Tomorrow will see the release of a brand new board game in Poland, the board game is meant to re-create the miserable days on communism. The board game is going to be called Kolekcja, which is basically polish for queue. The game has been designed an > read more
How To Design & Make Your Own Board Game
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Designing a new board game for an already overcrowded market isn't something anyone is going to find easy. If you look back history shows us that getting even some of today's most popular board games accepted by the board game companies is a challeng > read more
Hasbro Inc Reports Sales Fall Of 15%
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Hasbro Inc have reported a fall in profits in their fourth quater, their profits fell by 15% during a time when profits were expected to be up, the Christmas holiday seeason. It's said that the sales and profits this year were related to a fall in ac > read more
Guess Who Board Game Reviews
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
It's the lighthearted family board game which is suitable and fun for the young and old like, it's the Guess Who Board Game. The game has been around 30 + years and has won several awards in the past, it continues to remain popular to this day. Sit y > read more
Simpson’s Monopoly USAopoly Board Game Reviews
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
USAopoly was a company which formed back in the early 90's with the sole intention of gaining rights to become resellers of the ever popular classic family board game, Monopoly. Since it's formation the company have released over 100 variations of th > read more
Settlers Of Catan Coming To Mobile Android
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
The Settlers Of Catan board game is the popular Strategy board game created by Klaus Teuber from Germany. The board game was a big hit when it was released in iPhone and iPad format a while ago and since then gamers have been eagerly awaiting the rel > read more
Simpsons Monopoly Haunted Treehouse Of Horror Reviews
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Every year that Halloween comes around the Simpsons Treehouse Of Horror episdoes hit our TV screens. The Treehouse of Horror spin-off for the Simpson's was first seen around the 3rd series of the Simpson's and ever since then it's been shown each and > read more
Risk Board Game To Be Made Into A Movie!
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
If I'm totally honest I'm getting pretty fed up of reporting that yet another board game is going to be made into a movie, you can certainly see that Hasbro are trying to pull in the profits where possible. It's not too long ago that they announced t > read more
Metallica Team Up With Monopoly To Release Metallica Monopoly
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
The famous LA rock group announced on their Facebook fan page yesterday that they will be releasing their own licensed version of the Monopoly board game in a collectors edition. This version of the game is going to be available through their online > read more
USAopoly To Release AC/DC Monopoly Board Game
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
In just a few months (expected August) USAopoly will be releasing a collectors AC/DC Monopoly to their already massive collection of Monopoly editions. USAopoly currently have in excess of 100 editions of Monopoly in their licensing collection, with > read more
Understanding Common Board Game Terminologies
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Being able to understand the board game terminology is really not the most complex thing in the world but it is required when you are playing board games and for those of you who would consider yourselves to be a beginner it may not be as remedial as > read more
Cars 2 Movie Versions Of Monopoly, Sorry, Operation Plus …
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Lightning McQueen is back and he's bigger and better than ever with his close friend Mater, they're off to compete in the World Grand Prix race in the Cars 2 Movie. The movie is due for release very shortly in the US and around July 22nd in the UK. I > read more
The Dabble Board Game, A Successful Inventor At 84!
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
George Weiss is an 84 year old inventor from Brooklyn in New York, he's been inventing games and products for over 50 years but until now none of them have had any success. George has released some 80 different board games and gadgets and all were re > read more
How Do You Win The Scrabble Board Game?
Published on 0000-00-00 00:00:00
The Scrabble board game is one of those classic word/trivia board games which has been around a good number of years and is thus very well known throughout most households. The aim of the game is to create as many words with as many of your letters a > read more