If you think you’ve seen a lot of mainstream press coverage about board games recently, you’d be about right. Or are the Purple Pawn editors simply cherry picking a few local stories from around the country?

Here is state by state coverage about the resurgence of board games, gaming nights, and Eurogames over the past few months. A few older articles where noted.

Many of these articles are copies of news syndicate stories about PlayDate, Eurogames, recession watch, or games for the holiday season. Some are original, however.

ALABAMA

Birmingham News
http://blog.al.com/living-news/2009/06/staycation_thats_a_word.html
http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/metro.ssf?/base/news/1243152931159740.xml&coll=2

ARIZONA

Arizona Republic
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/articles/2009/07/13/20090713boardgames0713intro.html

ARKANSAS

Arkansas Democrat Gazette
http://www2.arkansasonline.com/news/2009/mar/29/do-pass-go-20090329/

CALIFORNIA

Sacramento Bee
http://www.sacbee.com/livinghere/story/1704605.html

San Fransisco Chronicle
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/07/DDMD15ORLO.DTL

Los Angeles Daily News
http://www.dailynews.com/search/ci_12214566?IADID=Search-www.dailynews.com-www.dailynews.com

Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/green/dp-top10-board-games-051409,0,7835702.photogallery

Oakland Tribune
http://www.insidebayarea.com/search/ci_12753689?IADID=Search-www.insidebayarea.com-www.insidebayarea.com

Mercury News
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12753689?IADID=Search-www.mercurynews.com-www.mercurynews.com

Orange County Register
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/get-your-game-1298291-face-on (2006)

Press Enterprise
http://www.pe.com/columns/carllove/stories/PE_News_Local_S_slove01.454ddac.html

Union Tribune
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jul/05/us-downturn-dating-070509/?&zIndex=127023

San Fransisco Examiner (many, many articles)
http://www.examiner.com/x-8785-SF-Board-Game-Examiner~y2009m5d11-Where-to-play-board-games-in-the-San-Francisco-bay-area

COLORADO

Daily Camera
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2009/jul/13/hearts-flutter-as-markets-stutter/

Colorado Springs Gazette
http://www.gazette.com/news/play-29328-people-fun.html (2007)

Rocky Mountain News
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/dec/21/game-for-evening-of-fun/

CONNECTICUT

Norwich Bulletin
http://www.norwichbulletin.com/entertainment/familyfun/x223013268/Some-families-play-a-different-kind-of-board-game

DELAWARE

Wilmington News Journal
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009907050313

FLORIDA

Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/story/1003895.html

Florida Times-Union
http://jacksonville.com/lifestyles/2009-03-29/story/amstir

GEORGIA

Augusta Chronicle
http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/01/23/met_508766.shtml

Savannah Morning News
http://savannahnow.com/node/681446

IDAHO

Twin Falls Times News
http://www.magicvalley.com/articles/2006/03/26/weeklyfeatures_sunday/features_sunday.1.txt (2006)

Idaho Statesman
http://www.idahostatesman.com/thriftyliving/story/709144.html

ILLINOIS

Chicago Sun Times
http://www.suntimes.com/jump/430103,j2w-Game_061807.article (2007)

Morris Daily Herald
http://www.morrisdailyherald.com/articles/2009/06/25/62749139/index.xml

Naperville Sun
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/business/1581439,6_3_NA20_BOARDGAMES_S1.article

INDIANA

Bloomington Herald Times
http://www.heraldtimesonline.com/stories/2009/07/04/business.qp-2956125.sto

IOWA

Burlington Hawkeye
http://www.thehawkeye.com/Story/Board-games-010809

KANSAS

Leavenworth Times
http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/lifestyle/x544090697/Some-families-play-a-different-kind-of-board-game

Wichita Eagle
http://www.kansas.com/508/story/879076.html

KENTUCKY

Lexington Herald Reader
http://www.kentucky.com/641/story/606755.html

LOUISIANA

Baton Rouge Advocate
http://www.2theadvocate.com/entertainment/37300794.html

MAINE

Bangor Daily News
http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/96983.html

MARYLAND

Annapolis Capital
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/ent/2008/11/15-18/Traditional-board-games-get-a-makeover-this-year.html

Hagerstown Herald Mail
http://www.herald-mail.com/?cmd=displaystory&story_id=62456&format=html

MASSACHUSETTS

Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/ae/games/articles/2009/02/22/downturn_could_be_boon_for_board_game_makers/

Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0309/p17s01-hfgn.html

Eagle Tribune
http://www.eagletribune.com/punewsnh/local_story_079090719.html?keyword=secondarystory

Winston-Salem Daily Herald
http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/jul/03/people-are-realizing-that-breaking-out-the-board-g/living/

MICHIGAN

Grand Rapids Press
http://www.mlive.com/living/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2008/12/games_that_mix_fun_and_learnin.html
http://www.mlive.com/living/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2008/12/best_board_games.html

MISSISSIPPI

Jackson Clarion Ledger
http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009907120333

MISSOURI

Kansas City Star
http://www.kansascity.com/437/story/1305280.html

MONTANA

Billings Gazette
http://www.billingsgazette.com/lifestyles/article_7e000ccf-55d6-5d2e-8101-ed39787a6b09.html

NEVADA

Las Vegas Sun
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2001/jul/30/game-times-board-games-continue-to-tantalize-the-m/ (2001)

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Concord Monitor
http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071102/ENTERTAINMENT/711020305 (2007)

NEW JERSEY

Atlantic City Press
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/life/article_60e29fc9-c4d6-51c2-ac8d-a0b623e83b2d.html

Star Ledger
http://www.nj.com/homegarden/entertaining/index.ssf/2008/12/abdive06.html

NEW YORK

Buffalo News
http://www.buffalonews.com/409/story/731115.html
http://www.buffalonews.com/185/story/643442.html

Newsday
http://www.exploreli.com/entertainment/localguide/ny-xli-boardgames,0,3545257.story

NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/05/nyregion/long-island/05Rboard.html?_r=1&scp=2&&st=cse

NY Daily News
http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/2008/12/07/2008-12-07_classic_toys_make_a_comeback_for_the_hol.html

NORTH CAROLINA

Charlotte Observer
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/nation/story/816231.html

News and Observer
http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/1400051.html

Winston Salem Journal
http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/jul/03/people-are-realizing-that-breaking-out-the-board-g/

NORTH DAKOTA

Fargo Forum
http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/246552/

OHIO

Cleveland Plain Dealer
http://www.cleveland.com/rentals/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/zrnt3/1243016115314940.xml&coll=2

OKLAHOMA

Oklahoman
http://newsok.com/gamemakers-are-creative-at-norman-tech-camp/article/3380977

OREGON

Oregonian
http://blog.oregonlive.com/themombeat/2008/12/still_shopping_here_are_kids_g.html

PENNSYLVANIA

Pittsburgh Post Gazette
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09186/981971-51.stm

Pittsburgh Tribune Review
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/ae/s_114596.html

RHODE ISLAND

Providence Journal
http://www.projo.com/business/content/BZ_CANDY_LAND_02-17-09_ADDAGE0_v8.331f385.html

SOUTH CAROLINA

The State
http://www.thestate.com/722/story/698247.html

SOUTH DAKOTA

The Daily Republic
https://secure.forumcomm.com/?publisher_ID=4&article_id=20130

TENNESSEE

Memphis Commercial Appeal
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/may/07/no-bored-games-commercialappealcom/

Chattanooga Free Press
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2007/dec/18/Game-enthusiasts-give-picks-for-best-board-games/ (2007)

Knoxville News Sentinel
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/dec/04/desire-interaction-helping-revive-board-games/ (2007)

TEXAS

Dallas Morning News
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/fdshops/stories/DN-fdluxe_games_1106.State.Edition1.2659967.html

Houston Chronicle
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/moms/6387967.html

UTAH

Deseret News
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705316353,00.html

WASHINGTON

Union Bulletin
http://www.union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/05/07/local_news/090507local02projectgames.txt

Seattle Times
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009108265_apusadultplaydate.html

Spokane Spokesman
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2006/jan/22/games-are-more-than-a-diversion/ (2006)

WASHINGTON DC

Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/05/AR2009070500549.html?sub=AR

WEST VIRGINIA

Charleston Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.com/ap/ApTopStories/200904230224

WISCONSIN

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/29217349.html (2006)
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/arts/29393744.html

NATIONAL

Fortune
http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/10/news/economy/board_games_resurgence.fortune/

Newsweek
http://www.newsweek.com/id/49188 (2005)

MIA

The following states have no obviously accessible articles about board gaming:

ALASKA

HAWAII

MINNESOTA

NEBRASKA

NEW MEXICO

VERMONT

VIRGINIA

WYOMING

Have you seen any for these states? Please add them in the comments.

ABOUT NEWS SITES

Bonus unrelated notes about online news sites:

The vast majority of online US newspaper sites integrate outsourced search technology, and most use Yahoo search. Some use Google search which sucks, because its matching algorithm is too loose and the results are often not chronological. Many others use a selection of outsourced search technologies. Newspapers within a state tends to use the same technology (e.g. Virginia).

A few states have some of their major papers under a single banner or site (e.g. NJ and Michigan). Amazingly, some sites are only advertisements for the print version of the paper and provide no online news (instead they provide a picture of the front page of today’s newspaper).