Tag: Hasbro

As the festive season unfolds – or is almost out the door even, several mathematicians have weighed in on what you should probably do to win your next games of Monopoly, Battleships, and Risk. The family gathered around the board game table, competitive spirits high and distant relatives none the wiser about the best strategies, these tips may help...

Legend has it that there are as many Monopoly versions as grains of sand on the beach or as many stars in the sky. Basically, if there’s a fandom – there’s a Monopoly-themed game waiting around the corner. This isn’t surprising, as Monopoly is a highly marketable board game, being as old as the sand on the beach and...

Have you ever dreamed of going to Abu Dhabi? Or, perhaps, owning a property there? The iconic board game Monopoly is about to make your dreams come true (well, at least on the tabletop) with its latest regional makeover, featuring the capital of the United Arab Emirates and only a few months after the Monopoly Barbie edition. Fans of...

Pre-Christmas layoffs have not made much sense historically, but they have been seen as a way to pull the rubber band quickly. After all, why wait until after New Year to give someone the bad news if you can spoil their festive spirits? This is the logic Hasbro has pursued as well, announcing that the company behind Play-Doh, Transformers and...

Hasbro’s second quarter results for 2023 are in with the toy and game company overall satisfied with its performance during the three months ended on June 30. Hasbro said that its team had delivered a solid second quarter, with revenue well ahead of expectations, and reduction in inventory. The company has also been able to make further headway in achieving...

One of the best horror board games of all times, Betrayal at the House on the Hill 3rd edition is getting a new festive installment. The new expansion’s full name has a macabre ring to it and is aptly called the Evil Reigns in The Wynter's Pale The Yuletide Tale Expansion, but you need not wait until Christmas to...

HeroQuest is experiencing a revival under Hasbro and Avalon Hill, with the companies putting a significant effort to resuscitate the 1989 classic role-playing dungeon-crawler board game by Milton Bradley. In fact, HeroQuest has had quite the solid following on its own, with fan expansions and storylines produced at a rapid pace. Now, though, the pair has decided to continue innovating...

The Barbenheimer hype-train is not quite over as the customary board game paraphernalia is just starting to appear. First in the line is the new Barbie edition of Monopoly by Hasbro which will introduce you to the pinkest version of the game of them all. Players plunge into Barbie world by choosing from six Barbie-inspired… pink tokens, which are...

Hasbro, the company behind blockbuster IPs such as Monopoly and Dungeons & Dragons may be looking at integrating artificial intelligence into its board games before long. Hasbro recently announced a partnership with an Italian AI company, Xplored, which the publisher confirms is intended to allow it to develop a new tabletop platform that mixes elements of digital and physical...

Fans of the instant board game classic Risk have something to look forward to, as its publisher Avalon Hill introduced Risk Strike - a fast-paced alternative that offers a brand new way to play. Risk Strike offers all the intensity of the original title, compressed into a dice and card game that can last as little as 20 minutes...