An arrangement has been reached between Universal Pictures and Spin Master, Ltd. for a Bakugan movie. When it will reach theaters is still unknown. But we do know that it’s being produced by Stuber Productions, whose recent movie, Role Models, had another game connection—a main character heavily into LARPing.

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Let’s face it, we’re all pretty buys nowandays – and gaming can be a pretty time consumuing hobby.  So what does the concerned significant other/family member/friend/random stranger get that gamer in their life who lacks the time called for their beloved hobby?  Never fear!  We have put together a comprehensive list of the best gifts for the gamer without any time!

Click here for our full list of gift ideas for the time strapped gamer!

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The Daily News, from Tehama County, Northern California, includes a few local blogs, including one from walnut farmers and crafters Craig and Charlene Love. Their latest post, which made it to the DN opinion section, recommended a slew of print and play board games.

Mention is given  to the Print and Play blog and the canonical geek list of print and play games on BGG.

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Trivial Pursuit has a number of bitesize versions that dispense with the board and simply include a die  100 question cards (600 questions).

Versions include:

• Genus
  
• Family
• Celebrity
• Music
• Star Wars
• World Football
• Disney Pixar
• Girls vs Boys (on sale here)

All of these are available only in the UK.

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The Guardian has another “history of” article on a board game, this time Cluedo.

In 1948, the year the first game of Cluedo was sold in Britain, the poet WH Auden outlined the requirements of detective fiction. His essay, The Guilty Vicarage: Notes On The Detective Story, By An Addict, argued that the sleuth should investigate a murder committed within a closed and closely related community, so that all the characters were suspects. Auden recommended the use of maps and timetables, and he favoured a prosperous setting. “The country is preferable to the town,” he wrote, “a well-to-do neighbourhood (but not too well-to-do or there will be a suspicion of ill-gotten gains) better than a slum. The corpse must shock not only because it is a corpse but also because, even for a corpse, it is shockingly out of place, as when a dog makes a mess on a drawing room carpet.”

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Previous histories: playing cards, scrabble,

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The Mirror has six Hasbro games to giveaway, and all you have to do is enter a comment by Dec 24 telling them why you should be the lucky recipient.

The games are:

• Partini
• Pictureka
• Risk (the new male version)
• Guess Who Extra (electronic)
• Trivial Pursuit War of the Wedges DVD Game (“Multi-remote technology allowing players to play head-to-head quick fire questions”)
• Monopoly Here and Now World

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Bits & Pieces aims to be a new triannual print publication focusing on Eurogames. First issue is planned for this February.

Each issue will include 10 reviews: 2 classic games, 2 fillers, and 6 new games or hidden gems.

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