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The Adelaide Now pimps board games, but only mentions “old ones”. (source)

The Philadelphia Inquirer pimps Go. (source)

Rich Sommer is pimping Hive, backgammon, and Call of Duty to his cast-mates on Mad Men. (source)

The Cincinnati Business Courier pimps Philip duBarry and his board game Revolution. (source)

The Gold Coast Mail pimps board games. (source)

The Ashland Daily Tidings pimps board game night at the Ashland Public Library, including many of the greatest hits from BGG. (source)

The finalists for the International Gamer Awards (board games) are up.

Dane of War published the ENnie award winners (RPGs) and the Charles S Roberts award winners (war games).