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What do you get the geek who has every awesome collectable? something extraordinary. That's why we've gathered together a collection of all the best toys to give your friends and loved ones. And yes, that is the floating guard eyeball from Big Trouble Little China. More »
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Battleship, Monopoly, Ouija — these are all real board games Hollywood has been turning (or at least attempting to turn) into major motion pictures. But what about the rest of the classic brain teasers? A Photoshop contest challenged folks to imagine even more board game movies — by creating horror movie posters. The results were fantastic! More »
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If we can't have Game of Thrones Monopoly in real life, then this is the next best thing — a Futurama Monopoly set is available for preorders during the month of September, with the game shipping in November. Watch out for the Hypnotoad! More »
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In the 1970s, BP released Offshore Oil Strike, a board game about the excitement of deep-water drilling. Will you, dad, or grandma be the first to gain $120,000,000 game-winning petro-dollars? More »
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Two fans of Syfy's storehouse-of-weirdness show Warehouse 13, Sara Adkins and Annette Noel created this Warehouse 13 board game. The show returns tonight at 9, with an utterly hilarious/weird reveal regarding a famous science fiction author, and more Claudia/Artie awesomeness. More »
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It took four guys one year, more than 100,000 legos, about $30,000, and a love for robotic awesomess to create Monster Chess. Keep watching, because it gets more and more impressive as it goes. [Topless Robot] More »
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Would you want to live in a world where human civilization was destroyed, then rebuilt by a computer that only had pop culture as a reference? Probably not. Would you want to play a board game there? Hell yes. More »
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Monopoly the movie will be done weirdly, thanks to director Ridley Scott's science fictional plans for the board game adaptation. The good news is that Uncle Pennybags made the cut. More »
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Cosmic Encounter is a classic board game of intergalactic warfare, trade and diplomacy that is beloved by pretty much everyone who's ever played it. Out of print for several years, the game is ready to make a big comeback with Fantasy Flight Games. There are 50 alien races represented in the game (seriously...50!), and expansions are already planned, so your cosmic encounters will not lack variety. More »
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It's 1941, and you're sending a battalion of giant combat mechs to attack Russia. Your air support fighters were built using technology you recovered from a crashed alien ship in the Antarctic, and no one has bothered trying to develop atomic weapons because you're all too busy trying to gather a weird alien energy source known as "VK." This isn't World War II. It isn't even World War III. This is Dust, an 800-piece strategy board game by Fantasy Flight Games. More »
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An ancient galactic civilization is fragmented; numerous intelligent species vie for political, commercial and military control. Meanwhile, the former galactic capital of Mecatol Rex hosts the Galactic Council. Can you create a power base strong enough to unite the galaxy and begin a new golden age? That's the task that lies before you in Fantasy Flight Games' epic classic, Twilight Imperium, now in its third edition. More »
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In 1988, Avalon Hill released Merchant of Venus, a game of intergalactic trade and exploration that was about a decade ahead of its time. Although the pun-tacular title character exists only as a legend outlined on the back of the box, Merchant of Venus maintains a loyal cult following. People have even created mods and upgrades, despite the game being long out of print. Multiple winning strategies and a great sci-fi backdrop are just two reasons why you should spend this summer prowling garage sales for a used copy. More »
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The only way to survive the fall of America is to build the most bad-ass car in the universe, and then roll out and destroy everybody else's cars. Mad Max and Death Race 2000 came to life at the roll of your six-sided dice in Car Wars, the classic 1980s strategy game. You would rack up "points" and use them to add armor, tank guns, fire-proof wheels, mini-engines inside the wheels and nitro-injectors, then you'd duel, either out on the open road or in an arena. Click through for the history of Car Wars. More »
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This brightly colored astronaut appeared on the cover of "What Shall I Be? The Exciting Game of Career Girls," a board game from 1976. Astronaut was certainly a step up from some of the traditionally feminine careers presented in an earlier edition of the game (air hostess, for example), and yet there are two big things wrong with this picture. Do you know what they are? More »
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