Can you remember the childhood zen of scribbling with crayons atop the outlines of your favorite superhero? Ever wish you could go back? Well climb into your DeLorean and pick… Read the rest of the article: A quirky coloring book with images of a typewriter and a giraffe with an overbite
Tokaido is a set-building game about traveling the eastern sea road in Japan from Kyoto to Edo. You'll be playing the part of one of 10 different characters with unique… Read the rest of the article: Tokaido – a game about traveling the eastern sea road from Kyoto to Edo
Designed by both Elan Lee (Xbox, ARGs) and Shane Small (Xbox, Marvel), and illustrated by Matthew Inman (The Oatmeal), Exploding Kittens is a self-proclaimed “kitty-powered version of Russian Roulette.” This… Read the rest of the article: Exploding Kittens is a "kitty-powered version of Russian Roulette"
The history of weapons is a fascinating subject, but none more so than the history of swords and their sharp, pointy or bludgeoning cousins. And this book covers most, if… Read the rest of the article: A history of swords and their sharp, pointy, or bludgeoning cousins
Betrayal at House on the Hill is a board game that takes place in a haunted mansion. You and your friends must explore the mansion to discover its dark secrets.… Read the rest of the article: Betrayal at House on the Hill – play if you dare
Like any epic fictional world, the setting of George RR Martin’s massively successful A Song of Ice and Fire series is rife with a labyrinthine backstory and complex history that… Read the rest of the article: The World of Ice and Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and The Game of Thrones
“Certainly there is no hunting like the hunting of man…” wrote Hemingway. It is precisely this Holmes-versus-Moriarty style rivalry that makes Scotland Yard worth an hour or more of your… Read the rest of the article: Game review: detectives hunt for the infamous Mr. X in Scotland Yard
If you’ve ever been to a Disney theme park, you’ve undoubtedly seen the large posters showcasing some of the popular rides and attractions. Over the past sixty years, what started… Read the rest of the article: Poster art of Disney rides from the 1950s to present day
Takenoko (which means bamboo shoots in Japanese) is a light, colorful board game in which players take on the role of Japanese court members to take care of a panda… Read the rest of the article: Takenoko board game – take care of a bamboo garden to keep a panda alive
Imagine walking down a street in Paris one morning, stumbling upon a rubbish heap, plucking out a cardboard box from the debris, and finding pages of song lyrics, a war… Read the rest of the article: Diary of an unknown soldier from WWI illustrated by a contemporary cartoonist
Star Wars Storyboards: The Original Trilogy gives you a peek behind the curtain into the making of three movies set long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away. This… Read the rest of the article: Star Wars Storyboards – see what changed between conception and the screen
Tummple! has been described as reverse Jenga. That seems pretty accurate. Both games share a similar wooden-block aesthetic, and in both games the object is to keep things from falling.… Read the rest of the article: Tummple! A reverse Jenga in which you build rather than take away
Fans of DC Comics greats like Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and the Flash will love this superhero recipe book full of more than 50 fun snacks, meals, desserts, etc. Enjoy… Read the rest of the article: How to make a Man of Steel burger, and other superhero recipes
To address the obvious, strategy games are notorious for taking exhaustive amounts of time to play, but Eight Minute Empire: Legends ($20) streamlines traditional rules to such an extent that… Read the rest of the article: Quick strategy game: Eight Minute Empire: Legends
Imagine all your favourite mythic creatures: pegasus, mermaid, centaur, sphinx, minotaur. Now imagine them laid out on a mortician’s table: dissected, given Latin medical labels, and analyzed in terms of… Read the rest of the article: The Resurrectionist: Your favorite mythic creatures laid out on a mortician's table
Irotoridori, described as a “color palette puzzle” on the box, is a sudoku board game where the numbers have been replaced with colors. It uses sturdy, plastic bird shaped paint… Read the rest of the article: Irotoridori is soduku using colored chicks instead of numbers
Reluctant cartoonist Sydney Padua tips us off early in The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer that her graphic novel/history book is… Read the rest of the article: The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer
Taschen's retrospective, LeRoy Grannis: Surf Photography of the 1960s and 1970s, is a big, beautiful book of surf photography from one of the pioneers in the field. An essay by… Read the rest of the article: LeRoy Grannis – The most awesome surf photographer of the 1960s and 1970s
Sphero 2.0 is a fun interactive robotic sphere that feels more like a creature than a ball. To get started you must first download the Sphero app onto an iOS… Read the rest of the article: Sphero – An interactive robotic sphere that feels more like a creature than a ball
Ed "Big Daddy" Roth. Just the mention of his name triggers a reaction. In 1965 after seeing Roth’s wild customized hot rods, Tom Wolfe spontaneously wrote an Esquire article about… Read the rest of the article: Ed "Big Daddy" Roth: His Life, Times, Cars and Art
