So we've been playing a bit of Blokus recently. This is one of those games I wish I had come up with. So so simple - your next piece must...

Okay, so this maybe a bit of a cheat, but its a game that has given us much joy over the years. The rules are simple: 1 player takes a ca...

Don't let the name put you off. Shithead, created by Gauthier Malzac in the not too distant past is great fun. This is a beating game in...

Rummy has players trying to turn hands of seven or ten cards into groups of three or four sets of card that are either three/four of a ki...

Basic Brag is a three card game. With each hand you make various three card hands whose strength resemble hand strengths in poker. Theref...

There are two games named Blackjack. One is played in Casinos where you get nearest to 21 in total face value without going over. I'm not...

Its been a while since I typed. I feel guilty about that, but have no gaming opinions right now that you need forced upon you. So instead...

I've just entered my fantasy team for the Tour De France this year. I think my friends and I have had a team in the https://ifarm.nl/tdf...

I absolutely love this article by Tim Urban on how much people stake in Final Jeopardy. How those in the lead optimise their chances of w...

I was interested by what is defined as more complex when it comes to DeepMind learning games. Googles Ai has already mastered Chess, Go a...

I have been enjoying some of the (simpler) mathematical explorations of simple games on numberphile with the sadly recently-passed Elwyn ...

I'm don't want to jump on any bandwagon of negativity. I don't want to say "I told you so". But I have had this nagging feeling about esp...

The launch of Google’s Glass 2 and the acceleration of Augmented Reality games such as Minecraft Earth means that the world is finally ca...

I was intrigued about whether astronauts play board games in space and how they manage it. I'd thought maybe magnets would be a bad idea ...

Games should be fun. More-over, making games should be fun. I listen to designer podcasts, I read designer blogs and postings. They do al...