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Monopoly’s Iron Token Is Dead, Long Live the Cat

Hasbro took a vote, and the internet has spoken. The ballots have been counted, and the people have said F the iron — the new Monopoly token will be a cat. Read More >>

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Calling All Music Nerds: Hole Up With This Awesome Board Game

We're still getting hit by the snow in a lot of the country,  fun in the beginning, but you're going to need something to occupy you. Booze is a good start, but the next step is Virtuoso, a music theory board game. Read More >>

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Modern Monopoly Highlights the Shame of Today’s UK High Street

A Tesco. Another Tesco. A boarded up something, and another Tesco. That's what you can expect to see in this ultra-modern version of Monopoly, which takes inspiration from the depressing lows of today's miserable, recession-hit society. Read More >>

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Vote Which Monopoly Token Should Keep Passing Go

Say goodbye to your childhood. In order to herald in an age of change, Hasbro's "Save Your Token" campaign is asking you to pick which memory of your youth you'd like to watch fade to nothingness. Read More >>

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3D Scrabble Toy Is Not For Weak-Minded Wordsmiths

It's not the first attempt to put a new spin on Scrabble by adding another dimension, but while playing this 3DX Word Game you're not tied down by some overbearing board telling you where you can and can't place your tiles. Read More >>

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I’d Have Never Thought That Massacring Board Games Would Make For an Awesome Music Video

There's something so cringe worthy, yet utterly fascinating about watching classic board games from my childhood like Battleships; Scrabble; Connect 4, and even the seminal Hungry, Hungry Hippos, get smashed to bits and remixed into a stop-motion music visualizer. Feast your eyes on this inspired, yet truly demented music video by British director Ian Robertson. Read More >>

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Remember This Beautiful Scrabble Concept? Hasbro’s Decided To Make It a Reality

Last year Andrew Capener designed a stunning Scrabble set with a minimalist wooden board and a lovely use of fonts on the tiles which had even Gizmodo alum Rosa wishing it was a reality. Well come August, it will be. Read More >>

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Why Is There an iPad In the Middle Of My Monopoly Board?

Even though they've already sold millions and millions of copies, Hasbro feels that Monopoly, Battleship and The Game of Life needed a 21st century makeover. So its created these zAPPed versions that incorporate gameplay elements into your iPhone, iPod or iPad. Read More >>

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A Scrabble Magnet Set Is Your Excuse to Spend More Time in the Kitchen

What makes anything better? Food. Wait. That wasn't the answer I was looking for. Oh! Magnets! So if you turn Scrabble magnetic and slap the tiles onto your fridge, you can make excuses that you're learning up some vocabulary as you gorge on the magical leftovers inside your refrigerator. Win, win. Read More >>

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I Hope This Giant Wall of Scrabble Contains Centuple Word Scores

If you suck at Scrabble as much as I do, the prospect of putting your epic three-letter creations on display with this massive 49-square foot board isn't that appealing. Nor is paying £7,695 just to embarrass yourself. Read More >>