The official site of one of the best, if not THE best co-operative board game out there. Vanished Planet is for 1-6 players trying to save the galaxy from the Creature. The site has information about the game, a free game expansion to download, and an expanding novella based on the game.
Steven Fatsis (author of Wordfreak - a book about competitive Scrabble) reports on how a Massachusetts carpenter recently scored the highest single game scrabble score ever. This is a feat of Ruthian proportions in the Scrabble world.