Board Games

Mashing avocados, assembling donuts: The coolest games and Hanukkah innovations

Not just the dreidel: Hanukkah is finally here, bringing with it games and innovations you must check out before attending traditional candle-lighting events.

 A boy celebrating Hanukkah
 Open Backgammon in Ebony Style

From Benjamin Franklin to the beach: A new series of stylish backgammon boards

Gambling dice [Illustrative]

Tabletop game awards won't occur at convention after no Zionists rule backlash

 Red Door Yellow Door

How to Play Red Door Yellow Door: 5 Tips For Fun Game


Board games boost math ability in young children - study

Previous research has already proven that board games are a great learning tool to improve a child’s literacy, but this research shows that they are also great for a child’s numeracy skills as well.

 A girl playing a game.

With goblins, spellcasters and holiday heroes, board game makers are imagining new Jewish worlds

Kahn is the creator of If I Were a Lich, Man, a trilogy of humorous games whose name is a mashup between a “Fiddler on the Roof” song and an undead character, the lich.

 The Way of the Patriarchs board game

TAU’s Wiener Library exhibits 'Jews Out' Nazi board game

"Jews Out" was a game created in 1938 and required players to take pieces resembling Jews from residential areas to roundup spots.

 The appalling children's board game "Jews out!" (Juden Raus!).

Have you been playing UNO wrong? Rule clarification enrages players

The official UNO Twitter account revealed that it is officially against the rules to stack "draw 2" cards.

 The UNO card game

Jerusalem Highlights August 19-25

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 LOTS TO do: First Station.

This is why you need to play with your children more

Only 33% of parents devote time to to play with their kids. An expert explains what your little ones will gain from playing together with you.

Israeli chess players take part in a special chess tournament marking Israel's 70th anniversary at Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, April 30, 2018.

Does Wordle have you ‘farblundget’? Try these Hebrew and Yiddish versions

Popular word game 'Wordle' has become immensely popular, with over 2 million players posting their results online. Now developers have contributed Yiddish and Hebrew versions.

 “Vertle,” a Yiddish Wordle, had the potential of being as confounding as the Hebrew version.

4,000-year-old gameboard uncovered by Polish, Omani archaeologists

A Polish-Omani team discovered multiple artifacts including a tower, evidence of copper smelting and a stone gameboard from between 2500 and 2000 BCE.

A general view of the Al Hajar mountains near Ibri, Oman, November 27, 2019.

A new party game wants to take away your ‘Jewish card’

Modeled after the popular games “Black Card Revoked” and “Latino Card Revoked,” the new game attempts to unite Jews of nearly every background over a skill Jews value: their sense of humor.

 Gambling on poker (Illustrative)

How has Dungeons & Dragons united a diverse group of American rabbis?

The classic fantasy role-playing game once associated with hardcore geek culture was embraced by a diverse group of American rabbis.

 Gamers play Dungeons & Dragons at a convention center in Indianapolis

British oleh’s award winning Magen David game comes to Israel

The Genius Star or ‘Kochav HaEtgarim’, a game invented by British Oleh Aron Lazarus, has arrived in Israel and will be available in toy stores around the country.

Aron Lazarus, inventor of ‘The Genius Star’ with his game in a toy store in Israe