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SIX OF THE WORST… things about playing against the computer

As much as I love playing games with other people, sometimes* it's not possible to have them around. Sometimes you're stuck playing a game you love by yourself. Enter the computer player -- a reasonably-sophisticated [...]

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SIX OF THE BEST… alternatives to classic board games

Do you groan when someone in your family pulls out Monopoly, knowing that you're about to be in for three hours of hell, ending when you all give up because no one is ever going [...]

SIX OF THE BEST… gaming strategies my kid uses

My daughter, who is now seven, started playing tabletop and card games with me at age four by taking away my phone while I was playing Settlers of Catan and trying to figure it out. [...]