Most board games are structured in a way that they give each player the exact same set of rules they have to follow...In addition, they also present the players with the same goals and the same opportunities to reach them. In a way, they offer us the feeling of a...

Playing board games can have any number of benefits for children...It can help them to stimulate and develop academic, spacial and logical thinking skills. Furthermore, kids can practice social and emotional skills by playing with peers or family members. They can...

It has roughly been a year... since COVID has changed the landscape of our day-to-day lives here in Manitoba. Most of us are struggling to adjust to a life with limited social interactions, separation and often boredom. One of the groups that was hit particularly hard...

The choices of themes in board games are plentiful... They range from games about trade, trains, fantasy, deep sea adventures to abstract, pets, outer space, or even quilting. With Valentine’s Day just around the corner the question one might ask is: What about...

In the neighbourhood of Queens stands a peculiar street sign...  amongst the many rows of brick apartment buildings. It reads 35 T1H4 A1V4E1N1U1E1 and reminds the many passersby that Alfred Mosher Butts once lived here in this very neighbourhood. During the depression...

The year 2021 has officially arrived... Even though this new year has the potential to be a lot more positive than 2020, Manitobans still find themselves in the midst of a province-wide lockdown. Getting together with family and friends from outside our household is...

Roughly 25 years ago, I visited my family in Germany for Christmas...Some of my friends there arranged a board game evening, which is something we usually did when I would visit my hometown. I remember that evening well. Partly because it was really good to see...

New year’s is just around the corner... On December 31st we will likely be pouring a glass of champagne, or some other beverage of choice, to cheers the arrival of 2021 with the people close to us. There are a few theories that attempt to explain our custom of...

This is a time of anxieties... A year that was primarily consumed by the outbreak of COVID-19 and its impact on our everyday lives has taken a toll on the mental health of a growing number of people around the globe and here at home. Worries about our health, our work...

Throughout the second half of the 20th Century, most popular board games around were of American origin... Growing up as a kid in Germany, I spent most of my spare time playing games like Monopoly, Risk or Sorry! with my friends. To this day, the majority of people...

Halloween is just around the corner... The days are getting shorter, the weather is getting colder and the leaves are slowly falling off the trees. It is the time to celebrate the season of ghouls, ghosts and monsters. For many of us Halloween might look and feel...

Theme is an important part of most board gaming experiences... It allows us to escape our everyday life perspective and to momentarily slip into the role of someone else. Be it a railroad developer in ‘Ticket to Ride,’ a settler in ‘Catan’ or a detective in ‘Clue’. It...

Card Games are extremely popular...They have been around for a long time and all of us have likely experienced them in one form or another, be it through Poker, Uno or Rummy. Traditional card games have one important aspect in common: They use a fixed number of cards...

It is finally happening... After a particular long spring and summer break this year, kids are going back to school this coming week. For many parents this might come as a welcome re-introduction of school, homework and bedtime routines. For the kids it might come as...

In 1997 CBC Radio’s ‘As It Happens’ aired an episode...that featured an interview with Peter Negroni, who was the school superintendent in Springfield, Mass. at the time. Negroni was petitioning to ban any school spelling bees and to replace them with lower-stress...