The Independant, a UK new site, has released a list of their top 50 favorite board games. Unfortunately each of the 50 is on it’s own page, so you have to keep clicking the “next” button to traverse it. The good thing is that each game has a brief blurb about the game, a link where you can buy the game, and how much the game costs.

There’s a lot of games on this list I haven’t heard of, or I think are just terrible, but there’s also a lot of pretty good games on the list. Either way, a list is a list, and you may just find something new to try after checking it out.

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Surprisingly, most people don’t know that Games Workshop puts out a series of limited special every November in preparation for the holiday shopping season. These releases are usually outstanding deals that are offered on a first come, first serve basis (and can be a bit tricky to get outside of a GW store). The kind folks at Bell of Lost Souls have generously ferreted out this year’s specials and listed them:

• Fortress of Redemption – an awesome set of buildings from the recent Planetstrike releases
• Imperial Warzone – a $750 monstrosity that includes GW’s gameboard a ton of buildings and terrain (this is a full table for playing Planetstrike essentially)
• Ork Megaforce – about 1200 points of Orks by my estimate
• Space Marine Megaforce – about 1200 points of Space Marines
• Game Board Extension – the first extensions to GW’s terrific modular game board
• Empire Brigade – a playable army of Empire (maybe 1500 points in the brigades – my Fantasy is a bit rusty)
• Orcs & Goblins Brigade – a playable army of Orcs & Goblins
• Mega Paintset – one of every color, a bunch of brushes, some flock and glue

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Package Right Corporation has purchased manufacturer Rolco Games from its parent company, Rolco, Inc. Package Right is already a major U.S. producer of board games and puzzles. Rolco Games makes plastic parts, such as spinners, chips, dice, and pawns. According to a statement from the company, the burdens of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) were a key factor driving the transaction.

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