People have always found games to play in the never-ending quest for entertainment. Card games, board games and tabletop gaming have done more for videogames than you might think. In this feature, we take a look at the relationship between analog games and digital entertainment. Check back all week long for information on the hottest videogame properties going unplugged (and vice-versa).



Day 1: What's Hot? The Biggest Names in Gaming Come to a Tabletop Near You.

Pokemon Trading Figure Game
Pokemon is at it again, this time coming to the world of tabletop.



Epic Loot: In-Game Rewards from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game
There's no better way to bring WoW players to your game than to offer them shiny loot.


Hands-On with Halo ActionClix
Grenades were lobbed and Spartans were slain in our experience with Halo ActionClix.



WizKids Interview: Halo ActionClix
The battle between the UNSC, the Covenant and the Flood is coming to a tabletop near you.



World of Warcraft Trading Card Game Interview
What do 9 million players do when the power goes out? We talk to Upper Deck about the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game.


Halo in Miniature
Is Master Chief as intimidating when he's one inch tall and made of plastic?





Day 2: Card Games or Cardboard Crack? From Magic: The Gathering to Magic Online.

State of the Game Interview: Magic Online
Wizards of the Coast Brand Manager Worth Wollpert gives us the heads up on Magic Online.



Chun-Li vs. Morrigan: The Universal Fighting System
Sabertooth Games CEO Steve Horvath tells us all about the Universal Fighting System card game.



The Eye of Judgment
Watch me make these three little goblins jump on the TV set!



Legends of Norrath -- Oathbound
You've got your MMO in my card game! No, you got your card game in my MMO!





Day 3: Board Games: Yesterday, Today, and their Contribution to Video Gaming.

Tabletop Generals: A Gamer's Foundation
We think back to a time when our biggest fear was banging a table and messing up the Eastern Front.



Brian Reynolds: Settlers of Catan Interview
We go one-on-one with the man behind Settlers of Catan, Rise of Legends, Civilization 2, and then some.



Avalon Hill Axis & Allies Q&A;
We go one-on-one with the Brian Hart, A&A; Brand Manager, for the real deal behind the decades-strong classic.


The Scene from the Screen: Interview with Screenlife Games
We talk about developing electronic board games with Screenlife Games Executive Producer Stuart Moulder.


Interview with Carbonated Games' Joshua Howard
Joshua Howard knows a bit about bringing tabletop games to the digital realm. We get the scoop.





Day 4: From Tolkien to Thrall: Games Workshop is the Missing Link.

Living in a Warhammer World
Two of our editors relate their experiences with Games Workshop's line of tabletop wargames.



EA Mythic Warhammer Online Q&A;
We interview EA Mythic's Josh Drescher, senior designer for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning.



GameSpy Podcast: Warhammer Edition
Joynt and McGarvey and... Barnett? WAR's Creative Director joins us in our latest podcast!



Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
Delsyn blows up a mine, ganks noobs and then takes a break from slaughter to read a book.





Day 5: Old School Adventuring: Dungeons & Dragons and D20.

Dungeons & Dragons: The 4th Edition Interview
Everything you need to know about Wizards of the Coast's plans for 4th Edition D&D.;



Star Wars Tabletop Gaming Interview
It's not all about Dungeons and Dragons these days. Wizards of the Coast has big things planned for those in tune with the Force.


Star Wars Unplugged
How many ways can you jump to lightspeed without turning on a DVD player or a videogame?



Magic & Memories: The Dungeons & Dragons Index
Check out our memorable 2004 series on the 30th Anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons.