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The New York Times: A Game as Literary Tutorial
By ETHAN GILSDORF Dungeons & Dragons Has Influenced a Generation of Writers When he was an immigrant boy growing up in New Jersey, the writer Junot Díaz said he felt marginalized. But that feeling
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The Boston Globe: Board games are back, and Boston’s a player
By Ethan Gilsdorf A Golden Age of tabletop games, from nerdy to mainstream, is afoot. WHEN WE WERE KIDS, we played games. I don’t mean games of make-believe or cops and robbers or video
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Plancenoit: The Final Blow (a preview of Legion Wargames’ “Black Eagles Over Belgium”)
By Paul Fish DVM Mention the name “Waterloo” to most Americans and 60% will say it was Napoleon’s last battle, 25% will bring up a song by ABBA and the rest will have no
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Deseret News: We are living in a board game renaissance
By Cody Carlson You may not realize it, but you are living in the middle of a board game renaissance. In a recent video post on his website Shut Up & Sit Down, British game
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Stonewall’s Sword Now on Sale at Revolution Games
By the Revolution Games Staff FREE SHIPPING on orders over $60 Expires 4/1/2015 Ships last week in March! (all orders placed with Stonewall’s Sword will ship last week in March) $33 On the stifling
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FiveThirtyEightLife: The Worst Board Games Ever Invented
By Oliver Roeder Last week, I dove into the data and design of Twilight Struggle — the best board game on the planet, according to the popular gaming site BoardGameGeek. I spoke with game’s designer,
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MMP Spring 2015 Customer Update
By MMP Staff Spring 2015 Customer Update Hello from MMP! Though the weather outside may still be frightful in some places, MMP is gearing up for a warm spring of exciting new releases.
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The National Interest: Five Ways Japan Could Have Won World War II
By James Holmes Let’s face it. Imperial Japan stood next to no chance of winning a fight to the finish against the United States. Resolve and resources explain why. So long as Americans kept
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New York Times: Monopoly’s Inventor – The Progressive Who Didn’t Pass ‘Go’
By Mary Pilon For generations, the story of Monopoly’s Depression-era origins delighted fans almost as much as the board game itself. The tale, repeated for decades and often tucked into the game’s box along
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The National Interest: Hitler’s Last Stand – Why the Battle of the Bulge Still Matters
By Michael Peck: The attack began with a barrage from 1,600 guns and rocket launchers that pounded trenches and command posts. Then came waves of tanks and infantry that surged out of the winter
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