Rising Sun—A cerebral board game of conquest, diplomacy, and betrayal

Enlarge (credit: Charlie Theel) Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board gaming coverage at cardboard.arstechnica.com. There are two kinds of people in this world—those who adore Blood Rage (read our review) and those who haven’t played it. (We kid, mostly). Blood Rage, released in 2015, confirmed Eric […]

Caddys of Conquest: Book by Cadillac Subscription Service Expands to Dallas and L.A.

– A program that offers Caddys without commitment has expanded to the Dallas and Los Angeles areas, effective today (Monday, November 13). Book by Cadillac, a mobile-app-based subscription service that lets members swap the General Motors luxury cars for a monthly fee, launched in New York last February, and there have since been more than […]

Seeing Double: ‘Christopher Columbus: The Discovery’ vs ‘1492: Conquest of Paradise’ on Their 25th Anniversary

(Welcome to Seeing Double, a series where two strangely similar films released around the same time are put head-to-head. This time: 1992’s Christopher Columbus: The Discovery and 1492: Conquest of Paradise.) Hollywood is a land of mystery. Who killed the Black Dahlia? Was Marisa Tomei the real winner of 1993’s Best Supporting Actress Oscar? Are TV shows just really long movies? […]

What The New “Game Of Thrones” Teaser Tells Us About Dany's Conquest

7.16.17 #GoTS7 — Game Of Thrones (@GameOfThrones) 3. As exciting as it is to see the major players again, it doesn’t actually show us a whole lot. View this image › Although there is a lesson in “how to walk down a corridor” from all three monarchs. 4. What we do see, however, is three […]