Games have been around for many years. However, some of the games people love, like Monopoly or Life, have made it hard for new game inventors to enter the market. So, when one inventor has more than one success, its obvious he is innovative enough to meet gaming needs. Velte, 50, now creates fun full […]
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Petaluma 360: Petaluma resident and game designer Susan McKinley Ross said that one great way to step back from glowing screens and reconnect with others is through activities as simple as a board game. Ross knows a thing or two about board games. She’s the creator of the wildly popular game Qwirkle, which was the
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furtakk on reddit.com: I live in Seoul. I always see things that I think would do super well back home, but for whatever reason (stricter laws, smaller population, less foot traffic, etc) they just wouldn’t work. Anyhow, these are some. Video Game/Movie Rooms – Rent a private room with a giant HDTV, surround sound, and
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It’s not uncommon to see board games on display at restaurants and cafés, but they’re typically used to prop up laptops at least as often as to provide hands-on entertainment. According to trendspotter Springwise, Toronto’s Snakes & Lattes serves up not just coffee but also 1,500 board games available for the playing. Billed as “the
According to a story in The Advertiser, entrepreneur Shane Yeend has sold two of the first board games he developed for $24 million. “Fact or Crap” and “Battle of the Sexes” – which was Australia’s biggest board game and the sixth-largest board game in the US at one point – have been sold to Canadian
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Mashable reports that if you’re a classic board game geek, you probably love the feeling of cards, dice or a chess board under your hand. But in all those situations when you don’t have the actual board – let’s say you’re going on a vacation, and you don’t want to carry the extra weight and
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Sometimes mathematics gets a bad rap. Kids whine that it is too hard or boring. Parents get frustrated helping with homework. But a local man has invented a board game he said gets kids excited about the often-dreaded school subject, reports Durhamregion.com. The board game, created by Greg Soave, is called TACTICO! The game isn’t
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A funny thing happened to Zach Levins on the way to learning a new word a couple of years ago — he invented a board game that also reportedly boosts your memory, reports Inventors Digest. A teacher introduced Zach, then 13, to the word “obsolete,” meaning no longer in general use or fallen into disuse.
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To hear him tell it, Evan Koch is sitting on a gold mine, a pet project called Zurround that he’s been developing for the last 2 1/2 years, reports The San Francisco Chronicle. He just needs to find someone willing to back his play, so to speak. No, it’s not a killer app or a
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Daily Herald: Paying attention in history class actually pays off. South Elgin High School senior Joe Basile recently won the Chicago Young Inventor’s Challenge for his “King of Kingdoms” game, a board game where Henry VIII, Alexander the Great, King Arthur and others battle over power and territories. In addition to receiving prizes for his
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