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Article: Board games gaining ground
New Straits Times;  February 16, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Sulaiman New Straits Times 02-16-2006 Board games gaining ground Byline: Hazimin Sulaiman ... Section: Update SOME people like board games and some like to play computer games ... in the past have been replicated from board games into computer games such as Civilization ...

Article: Board games positioned to check competition.
Playthings;  July 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... game industry were simple. Kids played board games, adults played cards, and rarely did ... lines of demarcation began to blur. Board games turned intellectual. Adult and action ... guiding force for the 90s. Sales of board games were decidedly mixed in 1993. Children ...

Article: BOARD GAMES
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle;  February 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... many local families still find that board games have the same bonding quality they always ... and 3-year-old Braden. He says board games like Chutes and Ladders, Memory, Children ... family Nintendo night. But they play board games too. "We try really hard to spend ...

Article: Video refugee embraces board games
Journal of Business;  October 12, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Spokane Valley Employees One Product Sells board games over the Internet. In 1995, after ... something else even more-working with board games. Three months ago, Powers moved his ... and ships 1,800 different titles of board games to retail customers all over the world ...

Article: Board games gain popularity
SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL);  April 3, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... closet," you are in good company. Board games such as Monopoly, Scrabble, Clue and ... with kids of varying ages, he added, board games are one of the few activities that can ... universal appeal, which may explain why board games are outselling other toys. "If you ...

Article: Even with the Internet, board games are still in ...
Deerfield Review (IL);  April 3, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... closet is overflowing with dozens of board games, thanks to a generous friend who gives ... said playing one of their "gazillion" board games is an excellent social opportunity ... seemingly experts at choosing the best board games. Indeed, Erik Arneson, of About ...

Article: Board games in hot pursuit: category picks up pace ...
Playthings;  May 5, 1984 ;     700+ words ... ... resistance to paying higher prices for board games. As just one example, RAO Schwarz ... statistics, manufacturer shipments of board games increased from $190 million in 1982 ... Pursuit, shipments of children's board games declined $4 million in 1983, but shipments ...