For $5, you can get the entire Columbia Games catalog shipped to you in the U.S. this weekend.

Other flat rate shipping prices for this weekend are $10 to Canada, and $15 international.

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Coalescence is a new sci-fi themed abstract strategy game for 2 to 5 players from Gizmet Gameworks.

Players move rings and fusion crystals trying to capture the most valuable planets.

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From the site:

The Game that allows you to sense the hypocrisy of the New York Politician or the embrace what it means to stare treachery and adversity head on as a Rescue Worker. With the roll of each dice sense the tenacity of the first responder even while being used as a political pawn.

Ground Zero – The Board Game Developed by two former members of the elite Manhattan South Task Force of the NYPD, together they have channeled their frustration over the incompetence of our elected officials into a self deprecating eye opening view that the rest of the nation, especially during this presidential race must comprehend in order to make an informed choice. It is with the utmost respect to those personally effected by the tragedies of September 11, 2001 that this ‘game’ was developed. After you play this ‘game’ decide if you want any of these characters playing with our nations future.

Ground Zero

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There’s an open project on Getacoder for turning a board game into Flash.

You could earn $1000 to $3000.

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Richard Edward, playing card manufacturer, has launched a playing card design competition called “Suit you sir?”

In cooperation with the Make Your Mark campaign, aimed at inspiring youths to pursue creative business projects, as well as Waddington’s No 1 playing cards (URL?), The Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards (how’s that for a wacky British company name?), and Greewich EBP, the competition asks you create 54 cards in the hope of having Richard print them and then working together with his company.

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I’ve decided to do a wrap-up of these once a week instead of as they are reported. Let me know if the new format suits you.

Albany, NY: 4 men rob 40 people playing poker at a weekly social club meeting. (source)

Cincinnati, OH: Aunt shoots nephew after getting backtalk at a poker game. She was high at the time. (source)

Houma, LA: 47 year old woman arrested for having sex with 7 teenage boys, aged 13 to 18, at a card game in her house. (source)

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Chaotic is one out of hundreds of CCGs trying to capture market share dominated by behemoths such as Magic: the Gathering, Yugioh, and a few others.

Many CCGs are created as throwaway cardboard teasers to already existing anime series or video games. According to my source, Chaotic went the other way and created an anime series in order to push sales of the CCG.

Another separator is that each card is marked with a code that lets you play with its virtual version online. Now if only you could print out a physical version of a card that you own virtually, we’d be all set.

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Producer/director Michael Bay (Transformers, Armageddon) and writer David Berenbaum (Elf, The Spiderwick Chronicles) are now linked with the Ouija movie to be based on the centuries-old board game.

Apparently, the only leaked information about the movie is that it will not be like Jumanji.

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The original Password game show, based on the century-old parlor game of the same name, ran for six years, from 1961 to 1967. Then again from 1971 to 1975, 1979 to 1982, and 1984 to 1989. Several board games have also been produced since the 1960s.

This weekend, the game show returns as Million Dollar Password, to be hosted by Regis Philbin.

Password is still one of my favorite party games.

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Outset Media, creators of numerous board and card games, including a series of Professor Noggin’s games, is opening a 30,000 square foot distribution center in Brampton, about an hour outside of Toronto.

They’re already hiring a sale professional in Victoria; I imagine they’ll be hiring more staff in the new location.

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