Third-party games give a big boost to 3DS sales in Japan
Gamasutra
… compared to 67558 in the week previous. PS Vita, though, didn't get much help from its version of Good People Die or Gravity Rush, and hit a new low of 12309 systems sold. Third – party games give a big boost to 3DS sales in Japan.

'Fairway Solitaire' Review – A Card Game that's More than the Sum of its Parts
Touch Arcade
This game gets its hooks into people more than one might expect from a golf-themed card game. The game is built around one-card draw solitaire. The field is covered in cards that are stacked in various piles, face up or face down, and one card is drawn …

Jacked Up! card game will feature playing cards with QR codes
Ubergizmo
By Tyler Lee on 02/22/2012 03:08 PST We've all played card games at some point in our lives, and games such as Solitaire, Hearts and War shouldn't really be foreign to most of us, but it looks like the United States Playing Card Co. has decided to take …

U of L Card Game
Louisville Cards Game
Freshman Nick Burdi, a 6-foot-3 righthanded pitcher from Downers Grove, Ill., will be on the mound Wednesday at 3 pm when the University of Louisville baseball team goes against Eastern Kentucky in the home opener at Jim Patterson Stadium.

Buddy's Garage – Kelp Mobil revamps Top Trumps card game on the iPhone
prMac (press release)
Its infinitely adjustable player strength is a unique feature amongst card game apps presently on the market. While playing versus the iPhone or iPod, users may fine-tune their personal player strength from "Beginner" level throughout to …

Postmortem: Days of Wonder's Ticket to Ride Pocket
Gamasutra
When we first embarked on this adventure some 10 years ago, launching Days of Wonder as a traditional board game publisher, what attracted us to the industry was its staid and steady pace. Far from the boom-and-bust, hockey-stick cycles of video games …
Ticket to Ride

Bankster Game Aims to Entertain and Educate the 99%
Albany Times Union
Understanding the global Banquet Board Game">debt crisis is just one aspect of The Banksters' Banquet board game, which is starting to go viral as friends spread the word about how the world really works. In the Supreme Court of Public Opinion nothing …

Board game night for singles
knox.VillageSoup.com
It's not easy to meet new people and it's even more difficult during winter in Maine. Come in from the cold and get to know someone new, build community, foster relationships and enjoy friendly competition while playing board games.

Entries welcome for writing, illustrating contest
Utica Observer Dispatch
By BARBARA COGER Join your young friends and neighbors at the Hamilton Public Library's Family Board Game Night from 6 to 7:30 pm on Thursday, Feb. 23. Bring your favorite game or play one of ours. New this year will be Buzz Word for the older crowd.

Party Games that Are Not Apples to Apples.
The Portland Mercury (blog)
I spent the weekend at the beach with my family—two action-filled days of reading books on a couch and posting pictures of other peoples' dogs on Twitter. (I also got a haircut at the Perfect Look in Tillamook, which in retrospect was an incredibly …