Read more board games stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/19008/board-games.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:05:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/67209/sf-remakes-crookedest-street-as-candy-land-board.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSan Francisco’s Lombard Street, “the crookedest street in the world,” will tomorrow be shut to traffic and set up as a giant Candy Land game board for sick kids, the Appeal reports. The event, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the kids’ board game, is being hailed as the largest...http://www.newser.com/story/67209/sf-remakes-crookedest-street-as-candy-land-board.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 18 Aug 2009 15:26:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62033/how-board-games-screwed-up-your-fiscal-sense.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt’s really no wonder Americans fouled up the financial system—fiscal irresponsibility was instilled in us at an early age by board games, observes Caitlin McDevitt for the Big Money. Among the poor lessons imparted by money games: In Monopoly , the game’s bank can never go bust—if the banker...http://www.newser.com/story/62033/how-board-games-screwed-up-your-fiscal-sense.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 16 Jun 2009 15:50:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53694/zzz-spells-discontent-for-scrabble-enthusiasts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf you sigh in resignation every time you pull a Z or Q out of the Scrabble letter bag, new additions to the game’s official word list probably have you sighing in relief. But aficionados say the expanding list—now including “za,” “qi,” and “zzz”—makes it too easy to...http://www.newser.com/story/53694/zzz-spells-discontent-for-scrabble-enthusiasts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Mar 2009 12:47:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36124/c-e-r-t-a-i-n-scrabble-winners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSure, Bart Simpson could fake it at Scrabble—but for those of us playing against a wit sharper than Homer's, here are some gems Mental Floss magazine dug up that actually mean something: Cwm: A valley created by glacial shifts. Adz: An axe-like woodworking tool. Xu: The currency of Vietnam.http://www.newser.com/story/36124/c-e-r-t-a-i-n-scrabble-winners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 30 Aug 2008 10:01:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20541/sellers-fans-at-odds-over-scrabulous.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScrabble knock-off Scrabulous is a hit online, but sellers of the original board game have cried piracy and may take their claim to court, the New York Times reports. Tens of thousands of Scrabulous players have threatened to boycott Hasbro and Mattel if they shut down the Facebook-friendly game, which...http://www.newser.com/story/20541/sellers-fans-at-odds-over-scrabulous.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 02 Mar 2008 16:10:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/14269/scrabble-players-flock-to-facebook.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe hottest application on Facebook these days is Scrabulous, based on the Hasbro boardgame. Jayant and Rajat Agarwalla, a young brother duo from Calcutta, developed an online version of Scrabble in 2005. They put it on Facebook in June in the hopes of targeting 0.01% of the website's citizenry,...http://www.newser.com/story/14269/scrabble-players-flock-to-facebook.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 17 Dec 2007 12:21:30 CST