On the sliding continuum of 'gaming as a worthy pursuit,' board games are respected more than video games. It goes without saying that SimCity had its issues at launch, but a year later, the game's ...

One of the world's most popular word games is getting a new version. Just ahead of National Scrabble Day, Mattel unveiled Scrabble Together this week adding a second side to the classic Scrabble ...

In Scrabble Together, players work as a team to solve challenges. Mattel During the Great Depression, an out-of-work American architect named Alfred Mosher Butts devised a new game that required ...

Will Classic Scrabble devotees object? You bet. By Deb Amlen The release of Scrabble Together in Europe this week marks the first time that the game’s rules have changed since it was patented in 1948.