Board games

Our writers take on the world’s smallest four-player Othello game

The real Othello battle rages within.

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“World’s Smallest Othello” games on sale in Japanese capsule machines and it’s game on!

Here your greatest opponent is the board game itself.

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Osaka’s Hotel Games isn’t just full of board games, it is a game!

All lodging and no play make guests dull people.

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The world’s best invention is now even better in the form of a specially built gaming kotatsu

Game enthusiasts and kotatsu enthusiasts now have something to be doubly enthusiastic about together.

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Japan emerges as a backgammon powerhouse in the world

Japan stands increasingly at the forefrontgammon.

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9-square Shogi great way to enter the convoluted world of Japanese chess

Brush up on your flying chariot versus incense chariot tactics with this close-quarters version of the complex Japanese relative of chess.
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Japanese company releases sleek, traditional arts & crafts version of Monopoly【Pics】

Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten, knows that despite being in business for 300 years, you haven’t really made it until you own Boardwalk, Mayfair, or in this case Kyoto’s Nishijin Textile Center.

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