Great news from the gaming front. During the holidays I was pleased to see Out of the Box's Apples to Apples in Target and the megachain bookstores, and Rio Grande's Carcassonne in Toys R Us. Out of the Box's other games are inexpensive and well-designed. In addition to Carcassonne, Rio Grande puts out most of the best of the German game crop, but has at least four games that deserve to be huge in the US: Puerto Rico, TransAmerica, San Juan, and DVONN. Here's hoping some of these games make their way into mainstream stores (and come down in price, too).