On the sliding continuum of 'gaming as a worthy pursuit,' board games are respected more than video games. It goes without saying that SimCity had its issues at launch, but a year later, the game's ...

This is a game-changer. For the first time in 75 years, Mattel is making a major change to the iconic board game Scrabble — and touting a “No More Scoring” gameplay option. The new launch is a ...

In Scrabble Together, players work as a team to solve challenges. Mattel During the Great Depression, an out-of-work American architect named Alfred Mosher Butts devised a new game that required ...

Will Classic Scrabble devotees object? You bet. By Deb Amlen The release of Scrabble Together in Europe this week marks the first time that the game’s rules have changed since it was patented in 1948.