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History
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2 weeks agoCheck mates: analysis of medieval chess sets reveal vision of equality and mutual respect
Medieval chess served as an imaginary space where players from different races, religions, and cultures could engage as intellectual equals, challenging social hierarchies through intellectual exchange rather than reinforcing them.
Design
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
2 weeks agoChess Hasn't Looked Like This in a Thousand Years - Yanko Design
Lee Jinwook's Chess Matt Edition abandons traditional chess iconography, reducing each piece to pure geometric forms without historical references or nostalgic proportions.
Games
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1 month agoChess: British players win Isle of Wight Masters as Scots achieve rare double
The Isle of Wight Masters has become one of Britain's most popular chess events, with GM Matthew Wadsworth winning on tie-break ahead of IM Tobias Koelle and GM Matthew Turner, all scoring 7/9.
fromBoard Game Quest
1 month agoMicroMacro: The Home Game Jigsaw Puzzle Review
MicroMacro: The Home Game Jigsaw Puzzle is a 500-piece puzzle that utilizes the same art style as all other MicroMacro titles. The puzzle depicts a socc....errrrr, a football game, as well as the neighborhood surrounding the stadium. It is "just" a puzzle; however, there is more to it after you complete it. There are forty-two hidden objects to find (think Where's Waldo?), as well as two cases to solve, like other MicroMacro games.
Board games
fromFuncheap
1 month agoHearts and High Scores
Join GG Women Professionals (GGWP) at The MADE for a Valentine's celebration that goes beyond the bouquet. We're gathering gamemakers and players to celebrate the full spectrum of love-from the romantic arcs we write into our games to the platonic bonds that sustain our careers and the self-love that fuels our creativity. Whether you're looking for your "Player 2," celebrating your "Galentines," or investing in your own professional growth, there is a place for you here.
Video games
fromEngadget
2 years agoThe best board games to gift and play this year
This is for that friend that finishes the Wordle in three tries and solves the purple clues first in Connections. League of the Lexicon reminds me a bit of Trivial Pursuit - players or teams take turns asking everyone questions from a double-sided card with answers on the back. Questions come in five categories and cover synonyms, word origins, spelling, definitions, archaic words, grammar, linguistic trivia and more.
Books
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2 months agoChess: Hastings Masters guards tradition and produces an English co-winner
Hastings is the grandfather of international chess tournaments, first staged in 1895 and then every year since 1920, with breaks for war and pandemics. Its vintage years were the 1930s, 50s and 70s, when world champions and challengers lined up to compete, while the badminton legend Sir George Thomas and the Bletchley Park codebreaker Hugh Alexander both shared first after defeating renowned opponents.
Miscellaneous
Poker
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
2 months agoComparing one-on-one matches and multiplayer challenges on Pusoy in English - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
English-language Pusoy expands global access and demands strategic arrangement of 13 cards into backhand, middle, and front hands respecting backhand ≥ middle ≥ front.
fromBoard Game Quest
1 month agoPeninsula Review
Peninsula uses a deck of 30 icon cards (or 24 if you are playing solo) with icons for each of the landscape features you will be placing on the island. Each card has two icons separated by a river. In competitive play, the active player selects the icon they want to add to their island. The remaining icon on the opposite side of the river is used by the other players.
Board games
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