You can buy the board game sandbox on Steam for around $15 (cheaper in batches of four or during Steam sales) and immediately gain access to a number of classic games, from Chess, to BackGammon ...

That prop was purchased downtown on Thompson Street at the Chess Forum, which is reporting an uptick in sales of sets ranging from affordable to a $10,000 Italian board made from alabaster.

The chess games on the site are casual, ... These WIRED-recommended board games and toys are on sale for Prime Day. Simon Hill. Everything You Can Do in the Photoshop Mobile App.

Chess is one of the most well-known strategy games, but the chess you know has origins all the way back to 600 AD. Modern chess was born from an Indian game called Chaturanga in which the pieces ...

Chess has been around for about 1,500 years, making it the OG of board games. Naturally, in that amount of time, chess sets have evolved quite a bit in design and function.

Chess is timeless, but automating it? That’s where the real magic begins. Enter [Tamerlan Goglichidze]’s Pi Board, an automated chess system that blends modern tech with age-old strategy ...

Modern board games are wonderful examples of interactive art, ... we looked for games that were great with only two players and weren’t checkers, chess, or Go. Best for two players: Patchwork.

Board games might involve a race to a finish line, as in Sorry! or that ubiquitous first board game for kids, Candyland. Or they might entail a strategic battle for dominance, as in chess or checkers.