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Nintendo Is Making an Escape Room Featuring The Legend of Zelda

“The Defenders of the Triforce" opens early next year, so start your training now.

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$1.65 Million Chess Set Recreates Battle of Issus

The pieces depict Athena, King Darius III, and Alexander the Great.

ThinkGeek

The Mr. Meeseeks' Box-O'-Fun Game Recreates All the Stress of the Rick and Morty Episode

Complete requests or dares to win the game.

Amazing/Weird Period Board Game Teaches Kids About Menstruation

Move around the board with just a quick spin of the ovaries.

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Watch This Supercut of Forgotten VCR Board Games

The forgotten world of pseudo-interactive VCR games

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French Officials Propose Banning Some 'Pokémon Go' Creatures From Schools

They say the game is a security risk to students.

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Pokémon Go-Inspired Book Hunting Game Is a Hit in Belgium

Belgian bibliophiles have joined in a nationwide scavenger hunt for books.

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An Axe-Throwing Range Is Coming to Chicago

It’s BYOB.

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SEGA Has Been Hiding a Secret Message on Their Claw Game Bags

One eagle-eyed player noticed this hidden code.

Tracy's Toys

14 Justifiably Forgotten Milton Bradley Board Games

In the '70s, the family could settle in for a nice, relaxing game of 'Town Dump.'

Stacy Conradt

The Time Hasbro Helped Fund an Operation for the Creator of Operation

John Spinello sold the board game idea for $500. Though he never regretted it, the extra money certainly would have come in handy in 2014.

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Moscow Will Release Pokémon Go-Style Game With Historical Figures

Gotta catch 'em all. And by "all," we mean Peter the Great and Yuri Gagarin.

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Dime After Dime: A Gripping History of Claw Machines

Before they invaded Pizza Hut and Walmart, FBI agents were busy smashing them to bits.

Clue Makers Have Killed Off Mrs. White, Replaced Her With Dr. Orchid

Who killed Mrs. White? It wasn’t Colonel Mustard in the Billiard Room.

How Do Contestants Collect Prizes on ‘The Price Is Right’?

Are there hidden costs attached to those big prizes? Turns out, all winners on "The Price is Right" are expected to pay up before taking possession of their prizes.

YouTube

10 Fun Facts About $100,000 Pyramid

The Emmy-winning game show has gone through a variety of hosts, and titles (due to inflation).

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Cards Against Humanity Names First STEM Scholarship Winner

Engineering student Sona Dadhania won a full scholarship for the rest of her undergraduate career.

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These Bingo Cards Turn Twin Peaks Into a Damn Fine Party Game

Each card comes with 24 different images (plus a free space marked with Dale Cooper’s face) of characters, sayings, locations, and recurring motifs in the show.

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10 Really Incorrect Jeopardy! Answers

We'll take a hilariously wrong answer for $1000, Alex.

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12 Flexible Facts About Twister for Its 50th Birthday

It took Eva Gabor and Johnny Carson only a few minutes to sell 3 million boxes of the game.

Behold: A 120-Sided Die

Role-playing games just got a lot more intense.

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12 Cold, Hard Facts About Life

At one point, Milton Bradley's image graced all the denominations.

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9 Victorian Parlor Games That Sparked Romance

In the tightly corseted Victorian era, parlor games helped relax strict rules of courtship.

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An Online Tutorial Will Teach You How to Count Cards

Perfect your blackjack skills with a little arithmetic.