Gamestack news archive
New versions of old classics Settlers of Catan and Ticket To Ride
This month sees the release of new portable versions of classic board games The Settlers of Catan and Ticket To Ride. In The Settlers of Catan Dice Game you can discover, explore, and settle Catan anywhere and anytime!Even all by yourself! The Catan Dice Game is the perfect portable adventure ...
Agricola - The Game Everyone's Talking About Due In Soon
Agricola is the game everyone’s currently talking about and Game Stack is due to receive its first shipment soon. Agricola is Latin for “farmer” and in this game you play the role of a 17th century farmer who starts the game with a wooden shack, a spouse and little else. If ...
Board games "boost early maths skills"
Playing four 15-minute sessions of board games such as snakes and ladders can improve a child’s mathematical abilities significantly, according to a study of four and five-year-olds reported in The Guardian. And the improvement in numerical tests is still measurable nine weeks later. The researchers who conducted the study said nursery ...
Game Stack Spring Sale Now On!
March sees the launch of the Game Stack spring sale in which almost all of our games are discounted and many of our top-selling games are reduced by 15% or more! Just a few of the games we are offering at sale prices include: Carcassonne Puerto Rico Diplomacy Runebound Alhambra Citadels Elfenland Ticket To Ride ...
Zooloretto - Our Family Game of 2007
In the second of our series of articles picking out the best games of 2007, we have selected Zooloretto as the Game Stack Family Game of 2007. Using the same basic mechanism as the earlier Coloretto, Michael Schacht has crafted a delightful game that works on a number of levels for ...
Hannibal: Rome vs Carthage - Our 2-Player Strategy Board Game of 2007!
We want to kick off 2008 with a series of What’s New articles highlighting the games that really caught our eye in 2007. Firstly, we want to look at what, in our opinion, was the best 2-player strategy game of the last year and one of the best of the ...
Boggle is Christmas Best-Seller 2007
We thought you might like to know what sold best on Game Stack this Christmas, so here it is – the Game Stack Christmas 2007 Top 10 Best Sellers! Head and shoulders above all the rest was that perennially popular word game Boggle with last year’s best-seller Carcassonne a comfortable ...
Carcassonne is UK's Most Popular Line of Games in 2007
We can reveal that the best-selling line of board games in the UK hobby market this year has been the award-winning Carcassonne. The Settlers of Catan (new-look 4th edition recently released) was second and the Fluxx family of card games was third. All of these have certainly been best-sellers ...
D&D Basic Game Back In Stock!
Game Stack has received a new supply of the popular Dungeons & Dragons Basic Game. This entertaining fantasy adventure game can be played as a board game in its own right or as an introduction to the main Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, the original and to many the unsurpassed example ...
Dare You Venture Into The World of Tannhäuser?
The latest release from Fantasy Flight is an extraordinary example of fantasy meets military history in a game that posits World War One dragged on unresolved for more than 30 years, during which time the forces of the occult started to intervene… Tannhäuser is a tactical board game of paranormal investigations ...
Kings, Queens & Dragons
How do you improve one of the world’s oldest and most popular games? Well, you invent a new piece, the Dragon, expand the board, add innovative new rules and call it Dragon Chess! The new Dragon playing piece is second in power to the Queen and moves in any direction ...
Dig This! Queen Release Beyond Thebes
Many board games are based on historical events so perhaps it is surprising how few have dealt with history’s closest fellow discipline, archaeology. Based closely on Queen Games’ popular Jenseits von Theben, Beyond Thebes is a game in which players race round Europe visiting archaeological sites in order to find ...
Have You Got Yourself An 'Ology?
Following last year’s release of Dragonology, the board game based on the New York Times best-seller of the same name, Sababa Toys are bringing out two new titles in the same series: Wizardology and Pirateology. In Wizardology, players must graduate from Apprentice to Accomplished Wizard by mastering four Wizardological Tasks, and ...
Wings of War: Back in Stock!
The long-awaited reprint of the WW1 aerial combat Wings of War base games has finally taken place and you can obtain all three main games from Game Stack. The base games are Famous Aces; Burning Drachens; and Watch Your Back! Each can be played independently or in conjunction with one another ...
Monopoly The Movie?
Film director Sir Ridley Scott is planning to make a feature-length version of the classic board game Monopoly. The 69-year-old British film-maker, whose hits include Gladiator and Black Hawk Down, has been offered the pick of young actresses to help turn the property game into a racy comedy thriller. William ...
Age of Empires Board Game Out Now!
Ever wished the massive PC strategy game Age of Empires was available to play in three dimensions? Well, your fairy godmother in the form of Eagle Games’ Glenn Drover has waved his wand and granted your wish! In the new board game Age of Empires III: The Age of Discovery, the ...
Memoir '44 Back in Stock!
The basic Memoir ‘44 game is back in stock at Game Stack. Designed by Richard Borg and published by Days of Wonder, Memoir ‘44 is a World War Two wargame based on the game system Borg developed for the Battlecry game about the American Civil War. Memoir ‘44 includes 144 amazingly ...
Tired of Trivial Pursuit - Try Knowalot!
Ok, so the biggest quiz board game franchise ever is not going to disappear overnight, particularly with the way Hasbro manage to find new variations on the tried and tested Trivial Pursuit formula. Nevertheless, it’s refreshing to see a new take on the quiz format and the people at up and ...
Award-winning Adventure Through Time and Space - Khronos - Arrives in UK
Game designers are constantly looking for a new theme or game mechanic to surprise jaded gamers and it looks like the people from French publisher Matagot may have found one. In Khronos, each player plays a powerful lord and his faithful assistant in a quest for dominance throughout time itself. You ...
Carcassonne Tops the List of Game Stack's Christmas Best Sellers!
We knew you would be aching to know what sold best on Game Stack this Christmas, so here it is – the Game Stack Christmas 2006 Top 10 Best Sellers! And since you’ve all got so much good taste, there were no surprises at the top of the list with the ...
Game Stack Featured on Radio 4
Game Stack owner Bill Skirrow was interviewed on Radio 4’s “Word of Mouth” programme which aired on Boxing Day at 4.00pm and is available online via the Radio 4 section of www.bbc.co.uk. Presented by Michael Rosen, Word of Mouth ventures down the highways and byways of the English language and vocabulary. Fittingly ...
Perplex City Board Game Out Now!
Perplex City, the gaming phenomenon that has caught the imagination of thousands of people, is now available as a board game. 2 to 16 players dash around the map of Perplex City, collecting puzzle stones as they solve riddles, brainteasers, anagrams and dingbats against the clock. You can unlock each ...
Marvel Heroes Board Game For Two To Fantastic Four Players!
The heroes of the Marvel™ universe come to life in MARVEL HEROES: the Board Game! Thwarting robberies, solving mysteries, and rescuing citizens from danger are all in a day’s work for members of the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, and the Marvel Knights … unless there’s a super villain ...
Axis & Allies: Battle of the Bulge Out Now
The long-awaited Axis & Allies: Battle of the Bulge is released this week just in time for those who fancy spending Christmas hunkering down in their foxholes working out how to repel the German armoured counter-attack in the snow-covered Ardennes with little firepower, dwindling supplies and limited air support. The Battle ...
World of Warcraft Goes Collectible
Upper Deck have released a new trading card game based on the hugely successful online role-playing game World of Warcraft. World of Warcraft is currently the number-one online game, with more than 6.5 million players worldwide – there are over one million players in Europe alone. In World of Warcraft, players ...
Khet - the Laser-guided Strategy Game
Coming soon to Game Stack is Khet, a unique laser-guided strategy game for two players. Khet (pronounced like Ket) – this Egyptian symbol represents a lamp from which a flame emerges. In Ancient Egypt, the reigning pharaoh would light fires to symbolise his rule as supreme king and represent his control ...
