Great story in the Ideas section of today's Boston Globe about the resurgence of table-top games. This article mentions a game prototyping group that I often participate in (and the writer quotes me at one point! : ).

http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2012/03/11/inside-board-game-renaissance/XXRfS0Ble3X9BGgrZlA7wO/story.html