The Dice Tower Gaming Awards nominations are up.

The Portland Press Herald promotes the “Board Game Olympics”, a one-off social event of all older mainstream games. (source)

The UK Guardian promotes nostalgia for board games. (source)

Modern Man promotes Pictureka, Apples to Apples, Catch Phrase, Scotland Yard, Dominion, Small World, The Settlers of Catan, and Pandemic. (source)

The Florida Time Union promotes board gaming, covering all types and including a mention and quote from Jay Tummelson of Rio Grande Games. (source)

Deseret News promotes the traditional card game Sets and Runs. (source)

The New York Times promotes bridge (in contrast to chess). (source)

The Nation (Thailand) promotes the new Polar Board Games & Cafe. (source)

The Huffington Post thinks that taxing poker earnings can help ease the national debt. (source)

Gamasutra disses alternate reality games used as promotions for companies. (source)