Competitive board games started as a pastime for the elite, spreading to Europe during Roman conquest, according to a new study published in Antiquity.
Funding video games is great and all, but lets not forget tabletop gaming, especially when it involves dice you can eat. Actually all this is, is funding the creation of dice you can eat, but that’s enough for me.
Jenga Donkey Kong Special Edition wasn’t the only game to show up on my doorstep during my stint to Japan. I also received a box containing the Halo Interactive Strategy Game. The board game comes with an interactive DVD for “enhanced gameplay and battles”, 15 sculpted character pieces and a 3D modular board.
I haven’t had a chance yet to take the rather complex looking game for a spin yet, but I did break it open to snap a bunch of photos of the goodies included with each game. My favourites? The littlest Master Chief and the Flood Your Are Dead cards. Don’t I know it. Don’t I know it.
Gallery on the jump.
