Atamaii is holding a 30% off sale on various toys and games, including Bakugan. The ZeroFortitude Podcast is giving away a copy of the Hellas RPG. Use the coupon code “holidaze” for 50% off online orders of many (but not all) Kenzer & Company products. At Paizo, the code “holiday11″ will get you 10% off [...]

A few days before BoardGameGeek, currently the Internet’s only comprehensive source for information about board and card games, announced its first month with over 2,000,000 unique visitors, a new competitor with muscle announced that it is open for beta: James Mathe‘s BoardGameInfo.com. BGI builds on the already existing and comprehensive framework used for James’ RPGhost [...]

The St Louis Post-Dispatch promotes Cort Hubbard and his game Quarterback King. (source) USA Today promotes Daryl Hannah and her games Liebrary and Call It. (source) The Mainichi Daily News promotes Kenko (Healthy) Mahjong, which simply means playing Mahjong without gambling, smoking, or drinking. (source) The Daily Yomiuri promotes local Monopoly editions. (source) The Guardian [...]

If the $150 wood set is too much for you but you still need something to better hold your cardboard Settlers of Catan tiles, then consider the Settlers Hex Board. It’s a $30 plastic frame, also available in sizes to fit the 5-6 player and Seafarers expansions.

AEG will be launching this spring Nightfall, a game of horror, with cards representing vampires, werewolves, ghouls, and other creatures of the night. Yes, it’s another deck-building game, but one with several interesting twists. In addition to those cards placed in the common area at the start of the game, each player drafts two sets of [...]