Ye Olde Playing Cards

Apparently, lots of people are still playing cards (I know that my family does but usually only when we are camping) so take a gander at this great UK site devoted to the art of the playing card.

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Top Board Game Video Games

UGO.com has posted a nice list of the top video games that are based on board games. There are certainly a lot of crappy ones (anyone remember the Trivial Pursuit arcade game?) but there are lots of good ones. I tend to shy away from the total 'luck based' popular American board games but they are not all bad and they are usually decent plays with the younger kids.

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Idiotic Board Games From the Past

Retrospace has posted a nice feature titled 'Terrible Games for the Whole Family to Dread.' There are lots of crazy ideas for board games here and a few of them make you wonder what in the hell possessed anyone to think that they were good ideas.

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I always thought that I was good at Monopoly but I have never really had a chance to test that theory. With the info from this web site I might be able to step it up a notch.

The biggest tip to me was to stop at three houses and not go for a fourth or a hotel. Makes sense if you statistically analyze.