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Time to Square Off: A Retrospective on Blokus

The holiday season is only one more week away. You know what that means? Time for us at Toy-TMA to put down our Wii Motes and Dualshocks for a while (don’t worry we’ll come back to them), and find some new activity to spend some time with our friends and family on reality’s level. For [...]

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Snow Tails Boardgame Coming To Shelves Soon

Popular board games are ones that balance risk, skill, and chance.  This “magic bullet” for board games seems to be in order for The Lamont Brothers’ upcoming release: Snow Tails. The game is for ages 12 and up, and playing time averages 45 minutes.  That’s also perfect for keeping the kids occupied while someone is [...]

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Journey to the Center of the Earth Boardgame

Mayfair is scheduled to release an English version of its popular German boardgame Journey to the Center of the Earth on September 11, 2008.  The game, designed by Rüdiger Dorn, is based on Jules Verne’s classic novel of the same name. The premise of the game is to travel through Verne’s famous volcano, across a [...]

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Losing Boardgames Gracefully

Just for fun: check out this article that lists some perfect excuses next time you lose at playing a boardgame. The folks over at Boardgamenews.com are industry leaders, so be sure to check them out for news and information about the latest boardgames and role-playing games.

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