Family Classics

Popular family board games that have entertained generations are featured in this section. Articles cover gameplay, winning strategies, and different editions of household favourites.

Battleship

Battleship is a classic pen-and-paper game where two players hide five ships on a grid and try to sink each other's fleet by calling out coordinates.

Cluedo

A murder mystery board game where players deduce who killed Mr Black by gathering clues and eliminating suspects.

Cranium

Cranium is a team-based board game that tests your whole brain with puzzles, trivia, creativity and logic challenges.

Electronic Games Over the Years

How video game consoles have evolved from Pong and Atari to today's next-gen systems and online gaming.

Game of Life

The Game of Life board game has entertained families since 1860, evolving from its original checkerboard design into a modern spinning-wheel adventure.

Monopoly

Monopoly has been the world's best-selling board game since 1935, but started as The Landlords Game created by a woman to expose corporate greed.

Payday

Paul Gruen's 1975 board game Pay Day outsold Monopoly in its first year by combining money-making with monthly bills.

Pictionary

A drawing and guessing game that's fun for groups of 3 to 16 players, combining sketch skills with teamwork and quick thinking.

Pocket Games

Play games on the go with PDAs, pocket consoles, and mobile phones designed for portable gaming fun.

Scrabble

Scrabble is a word-building board game invented in the 1930s that's now played worldwide by forming connected words on a grid for points.

Trivial Pursuit

A look at how Trivial Pursuit works, from rolling dice and answering questions to collecting wedges and winning the game.