March 6, 2026
March 2026 | Vol. XXV - No. 3
Board Games In The News 03/5/2026
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TDmonthly Staff
March 2026
AV Club
Strategy's an art in the Van Gogh board game The Yellow House
The Yellow House turns the tumultuous friendship between Van Gogh and Gauguin into a tricky board game. Read our review.
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IGN
One Piece: Dawn of Liberation Brings the Wano Arc to Your Tabletop
Get a first look at One Piece: Dawn of Liberation, an upcoming board game that brings the beloved manga/anime to your table.
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Wargamer
Board game YouTuber Game Night Picks fires back at "misinformed" fraud allegations by Watch It Played
Chaz Marler says prominent board game YouTuber Rodney Smith made "misinformed attacks" about the integrity of his channel's ad practices.
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Fast Company
This gorgeous game of Monopoly tells the story of Keith Haring’s life
Since its invention in 1903, the classic Monopoly board game has spawned such a plethora of spin-offs that they nearly span the breadth of...
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Polygon
Battle the Balrog or Saruman in a new Lord of the Rings dungeon crawler
There is no shortage of great tabletop games based on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, including The One Ring role-playing game,...
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New York Post
Mysterious Roman-era board game that eluded scientists for a century finally solved by AI
An AI game-bot named Ludii has potentially deciphered the rules of a Roman-era board game that has baffled scientists for a century.
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Engadget
The best board games to gift and play this year
It's become cliche to say that we live in a golden age of board games, but to paraphrase the great stoic philosopher Andy Bernard,...
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Cambridge University Press & Assessment
Ludus Coriovalli: using artificial intelligence-driven simulations to identify rules for an ancient board game
The history of games is obscured by our inability to recognise indicators of play in the archaeological record. Lines incised on a piece of...
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The Guardian
‘Target mainland’: planned Troubles board game condemned in Northern Ireland
By turning conflict into entertainment US games company is ignoring its living legacy, says victims rights' group.
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Facebook
There may be no such thing as the best board game for most people, but after years of testing, we’ve found some of the best for different situations. https://nyti.ms/4aTKvmF
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