The Pawn

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Get ready with me: Ruling Candy Land edition!

Peak Web April 1, 2025

By: Kaja Antic Editor’s note: Queen Frostine wishes for readers to know that normally, she wouldn’t bother writing for any publication less prestigious than Vogue or the The New Yorker, but she picked up her Ouija board last night. When she asked if she would be punished with 100 bad hair days if she didn’t publish in a board game magazine, the ghosts moved the planchette towards YES.  Hello, my loyal subjects — I mean loyal followers. GRWM, Queen Frostine, to rule over all you sticky little cretins here in Candy Land, while I explain how incredibly hard each day…

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Photo of an SFU science lab with illustrations of the four Cranium characters (Word Worm, Creative Cat, Data Head, and Star Performer) on top to make it look like they’re in the lab. They are around a hairy purple lump of Cranium clay. Star Performer is using tweezers to remove the hairs from the clay.
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The Cranium Clay Test confirms humanity’s deepest divide

Peak Web April 1, 2025

By: Yasmin Hassan, Board Game Psychology Reporter A new study from the Institute of Board Game Psychology (IBGP) has identified the only personality classification that truly matters: whether or not a person is willing to touch the Cranium clay. Cranium…

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Photo depicting a professor and a student playing UNO against each other. The student is putting down a Wild Draw Four card. There are five other students behind them looking shocked. The professor holding significantly more cards than the student seems very focused.
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Mattel CEO to fly to SFU to settle UNO card debate

Peak Web April 1, 2025

By: C Icart, President of the Superior Players Against Sore Losers Society Four SFU students have found themselves in a peculiar situation — they need to win a game of UNO against their professor to pass their class. This unorthodox…

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A spread of various tokens and dice used for board games surrounded by cards.
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How to Play The Pawn’s Special Game

Peak Web April 1, 2025

By: Your friends at The Pawn <3 Are you on the hunt for a fun way to waste time? Never fear — The Pawn is here! After multiple months of testing, we’ve come up with the perfect game for you…

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A monopoly board with the train figurine inside a tile priced $240
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Letter from the editor: We’ve rebranded

Peak Web April 1, 2025

By: Petra Chase, Editor-in-Chief Dear SFU community, It’s time to say farewell to The Peak and welcome our board game magazine. The Pawn is now your weekly source for the latest news, trends, and tips in tabletop gaming on our…

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