Litko Aerosystems is producing unauthorized markers and tokens suitable for Warhammer 40,000. The new series includes infantry, vehicle, and objective markers, as well as a bright-orange piece that will fit onto a gun barrel for indicating that the weapon has been destroyed.

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Toys R Us is having a good year.

They acquired FAO Schwarz and The Parent Co (aka eToys),  and now a lawsuit they filed in 2004 against Amazon.com finally bore fruit.

Essentially, Toys-R-Us had been paying Amazon $50 million a year for exclusive sales of certain products on Amazon. In 2004, Toys R Us claimed that Amazon violated this agreement by allowing storefronts on the site which sold these products. Amazon claimed that the sellers were only filling in when Toys R Us was out of stock. (source)

Toys R Us and Amazon parted ways. Amazon has finally settled for a $51 million in a judgment, presumably the cost of the year’s service (plus tip). In 2006, a lower court had already ruled against Amazon, but they contested it. (source)

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Canada’s National Post pimps Crokinole as the original Canadian board game. (source) And takes a sobering look at the video game industry.

USA Today pimps Strat-O-Matic Baseball and APBA. (source)

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Mission Kijani from environmental awareness group Planet-U is in production, but you can order a pre-production version for $15.

Essentially, it’s an environmental awareness trivia game.

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Brian Cousins of Southport, UK has invented a dice game called Studbarak that he is sure will take the world by storm.

In his words:

I can’t believe I, of all people, have invented something like this. Everyone will be playing it … I know it is going to be a success; there is nothing like it out there.

It is a big opportunity. There has not been a casino game invented for 200 years.

Wow. Good luck with that.

(source)

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A documentary about poker called “All In: The Poker Movie” is on it’s way to a cinema near you (not you … you). It tries to get to the heart of poker’s resurgence using interviews with over 150 people related to the game, including some celebrities (such as Matt Damon). (source and image)

Not to be confused with All In from 2006, which was not regarded as a very good movie.

Recommended Poker movies (from About, Ask Men, and 777) include A Big Hand for the Little Lady, California Split, Casino, Maverick, Rounders, and The Cincinnati Kid.

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