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Board games
How Kickstarter became a marketing tool for board games
Nov 23, 2023
Crowdfunding helps publishers generate buzz for new games, driving sales of deluxe copies.
Meet Neil, 34, bartender
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Maria Hollenhorst
Feb 18, 2020
The Bureau of Labor Statistics would categorize Neil's job as a “service occupation,” along with a wide range of other workers. Two in 10 people work jobs in that category.
The latest edition of Monopoly has a digital banker. Is it as educational?
by
Erika Beras
Jul 1, 2019
No more shenanigans with that pastel-colored currency.
With Toys R Us gone, Hasbro's finding new retail shelves
Jul 23, 2018
Toymaker Hasbro will report second-quarter earnings later this morning. Earlier in 2018, the company reported that first-quarter revenue had fallen by 16 percent compared with the same period last year. It’s been a tough couple of months as retailer Toys R Us went bankrupt and closed hundreds of stores. But Hasbro is finding new shelves […]
Clue, Battleship, Ouija and now...Catan? Hollywood tries its luck on board games
by
Caitlan Reeg
Jan 16, 2018
Popular German board game Catan may be headed to the big screen.
The Scrabble dictionary is getting an #upgrade
by
Kai Ryssdal
Aug 4, 2014
'Hashtag' is worth 14 points.
Family finance lessons: Comedian Hari Kondabolu
by
Nick White
May 21, 2014
For Hari Kondabolu, the board game Monopoly was a lesson about life.