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A dinner conversation at a gaming convention turned into a 15-year mathematical odyssey, all over one of the simplest questions in any board game: who goes first? Auburn University mathematician Eric Harshbarger has finally closed the case, and celebrated by carving the answer into five giant wooden dice.

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Africa’s longest-running board game convention is hoping to use its tenth anniversary to put more direct support behind the continent’s emerging designers, with plans for a new grant programme if its latest crowdfunding campaign reaches $20,000.

NEW YORK, NY (August 5, 2026): Flutter Entertainment plc (NYSE: FLUT), the world’s leading online sports betting and iGaming operator, today announced that Dan Taylor will be appointed Group Chief Executive Officer, effective October 1, 2026, when he will also join Flutter’s Board of Directors. Dan will succeed Peter Jackson, who will step down as…

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Recently, I’ve been really into retro video gaming. I bought an NES and SNES from a friend of mine and have been going a little overboard on buying up all the old games I used to love. And plenty more I had never heard of.

Phasmophobia: The Board Game has officially relaunched the Deluxe Edition for purchase, after being sold out at launch last October.

There has always been a strong connection between video games and board games, and while the quality can be a bit hit-or-miss, there are also some really good tabletop adaptations out there.

Every summer, tens of thousands of people flock to Indianapolis for Gen Con, America’s largest tabletop gaming convention. From Dungeons & Dragons to Settlers of Catan and far, far beyond, anything that gets played on a table in-person is here in full force. I have attended every Gen Con since 2004, a fact that causes…