Doom goes back to its roots

One of gaming's most successful franchises has its roots in little cardboard figures and funny-shaped dice. Yes, the blood-spattered carnage of Doom is based on a board game, or rather a whole heap of them.

And though there's no space here to dwell on the irony that Doom and its ilk went on to be far more popular than any bunch of stickmen ever were, you gotta laugh at the Doom franchise coming full circle, inspiring in turn its own board game which draws on the lore of the lone Marine battling the alien hordes.

It's all yours for $55 plus shipping.