Chess can be sexy. Anya Taylor-Joy in the hit Netflix show The Queen’s Gambit taught me that. Chess can also be evil and stupid. A viral (and unfounded) claim that a 19-year-old chess champion beat ...

The sanctity of the Trophy system was eroded long ago, so it’s no real surprise to see thousands of PS5 players downloading ...

Rex is a simple chess variant that strips the original game down to three-piece types played on a five-by-five board. Created by designer Michael Davies — whose previous work includes nuclear war ...

Board games cover a lot of ground; they can be as simple as checkers, or as complex as Monopoly. They can even revolve around the collection of cards, such as in Magic the Gathering. Ironically, many ...

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