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Unsplash There’s a board game addict out there that’s already practicing their “thank you” for Marvel-themed Monopoly and Star Wars Guess Who. While these gifts might suit some, to the modern board gamer there are just too many games with deeper mechanics and interesting twists. Games like Monopoly and Battleship, while they certainly are some of the first games we think of, usually aren’t what a board gamer is after. In other words, generally speaking, they’re not the best board games (according to the average of…

. If chess, checkers and Connect4 are getting stale, maybe it’s time to upgrade your boardgame closet. There are a lot of options in the Cyber Monday deals happening today, and we’ve pulled out some cheap ones. These are all more niche boardgames, so you won’t find Battleship or Monopoly in here. You might find your next favorite game night activity. Best board game Cyber Monday deals under $25 Unsplash If you’re heavily into board games, you might think that anything under the $25 mark is best reserved for a light…

. Though there are plenty of ways to play board games online at little to no cost, pulling out a board and feeling the tokens, dice, and cards in your hands is great from time to time. Unfortunately, the real deal is also quite expensive. Black Friday deals are everywhere now, though, and board games are not exempt from prices dropping. Here are the deals that we love on the games that hobbyists keep returning to again and again. Best board game Black Friday deals under $25 Unsplash If you’re heavily into board…

The fossil extinct giant ant Titanomyrma from Wyoming that was discovered over a decade ago by SFU paleontologist Bruce Archibald and collaborators at the Denver Museum. The fossil queen ant is next to a hummingbird, showing the huge size of this titanic insect. Credit: Bruce ArchibaldSimon Fraser University scientists say their research on the latest fossil find near Princeton, B.C. is raising questions about how the dispersal of animals and plants occurred across the Northern Hemisphere some 50 million years ago,…