Ahead of Doom: The Dark Ages Arena being available to try at Gen Con 2025 (a show dedicated to the best board games ), I was ...

I’m a writer at Wirecutter covering games and hobbies, and I’ve been a hobbyist tabletop gamer since roughly 2014. Over the past three years, I’ve tested more than 150 games for Wirecutter ...

The first solo board games emerged from the wargaming scene of the ’80s and ’90s. Seemingly inaccessible by design, these early one-player games typically centered on micromanaging units ...

This list, rounding up some of our absolute favourite solo board games, should help you get started on that quest. Good luck—if nothing else, you'll definitely find the scheduling easier.

Going Solo Board games are supposed to be enjoyed with other people. But what if there were another way to play? By Nadira Goffe. Jan 19, 2025 10:00 AM. Photo illustration by Slate.

"The overall goal is just to get more people to play chess," says Traveling Chess Club president Isaac Jaramillo. "Our motto is 'inspiring everyone to play.'" "It's just casual an ...

Three years ago Infivention launched Square Off, a robotic board that moves pieces on its own, allowing players to play against AI or people around the world. Now, two new models are launching ...

Chess has been around for about 1,500 years, making it the OG of board games. Naturally, in that amount of time, chess sets have evolved quite a bit in design and function.

The game is designed to grow with a child: it includes a double-sided chess board with a “Story Side” and “Standard Side” that kids can use when they no longer need the character reminders.

Social distancing policies limit our access to recreation yards, the dayroom, classes and phones. Some days we spend roughly 23 hours in our 6-by-10 cells. And on top of everything, board ...

Here you can access the daily puzzles and chess lessons mentioned above, but you’ll also find coaches, tournaments, computer analysis of your games, and human opponents and bots to play against.

In addition to chess, Board Game Arena has online versions of just about every well-known tabletop game you can think of. The chess games on the site are casual, and the competition is less fierce ...