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    About.com: Board Games

  • First Small World Expansions Now Available

    19 Nov 2009 | 9:33 pm
    The first two expansions for Small World are now available. Cursed! introduces the Kobold and Goblin races along with five special powers: Cursed, Hordes of, Marauding, Ransacking, and Were-. The Grand Dames of Small World features the Priestesses, White Ladies, and Gypsies, along with the Historian and Peace-Loving special powers. Each of these Small World expansions sell for about $10. In Small World, players control a variety of races -- including dwarves, wizards, amazons, giants, orcs and humans -- as they attempt to earn points by conquering territories and maintaining control. It was…

  • 2009 World Scrabble Championships: Nov. 26-29

    18 Nov 2009 | 9:33 pm
    The 2009 World Scrabble Championships are scheduled to begin one week from today in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Over the first three days of the event, players will compete in 24 games of Scrabble. The best-of-five finals will take place on Sunday, Nov. 29. Nigel Richards of New Zealand, the 2007 world champion, is among those expected to participate. More information is available at the World Scrabble Championships web site.2009 World Scrabble Championships: Nov. 26-29 originally appeared on About.com Board / Card Games on Thursday, November 19th, 2009 at 05:33:41.Permalink | Comment | Email this

  • New Mini-Expansion for Memoir '44

    18 Nov 2009 | 10:45 am
    Game publisher Days of Wonder recently announced the upcoming release of a new mini-expansion for Memoir '44 (a World War II game designed by Richard Borg), the Vercors Campaign. The full-color expansion will be given free to customers who purchase any Memoir '44 product (including the base game or any of the existing expansions) from participating retailers or from the Days of Wonder web site. The Vercors Campaign includes five new scenarios created by Jacques "jdrommel" David, highlighting the Maquisards of the French Resistance and their battle against SS forces on the Vercors Plateau in…

  • Dylan Lauren Designs New Edition of Candy Land

    18 Nov 2009 | 10:30 am
    Dylan Lauren, owner of the largest candy store in the world and daughter of clothing designer Ralph Lauren, has designed a new edition of the venerable children's game Candy Land. According to an article at The Wall Street Journal's web site, a Dylan's Candy Bar Edition of the game has shipped to her five stores nationwide. It will sell for $25.Dylan Lauren Designs New Edition of Candy Land originally appeared on About.com Board / Card Games on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 at 18:30:18.Permalink | Comment | Email this

  • Pop Belly - Children's Game Review

    17 Nov 2009 | 9:33 pm
    Although Pop Belly was designed by Klaus Teuber, the creator of The Settlers of Catan, this game is decidedly more light-hearted. It has to be, since the theme is feeding pigs so much that they eventually explode! If that sounds silly, well... as Mark Jackson says in his review of Pop Belly, "Hard to believe you can tease a wonderful game out of such ridiculous subject matter, but it is accomplished with style and flair." More Children's Game Reviews: Hula Hippos Kayanak Children's Game Reviews - Index Image courtesy of SimplyFun Pop Belly - Children's Game Review originally appeared on…
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  • Board games vs. video games - ConnectTriStates.com powered by KHQA

    20 Nov 2009 | 6:48 pm
    Board games vs. video gamesConnectTriStates.com powered by KHQAThat's right, board games are making a big comback this year. "They appeal to all age groups. They have a long shelf life and most people look at them as

  • Hasbro Family Game Night Review - IGN

    20 Nov 2009 | 6:14 pm
    IGNHasbro Family Game Night ReviewIGNby Ryan Geddes & Daemon Hatfield November 20, 2009 - Hasbro Family Game Night is a collection of seven of Hasbro's board games, all of them already

  • WRUP: We game in peace. Always. - Joystiq (blog)

    20 Nov 2009 | 6:08 pm
    WRUP: We game in peace. Always.Joystiq (blog)Kevin Kelly (@gadgetguy): I'm at Board Game Geek Con in Dallas, where they have more board games than I could ever imagine. and more »

  • This vampire phenomenon won't bite, but it might bleed you dry - Times Online

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:11 pm
    Times OnlineThis vampire phenomenon won't bite, but it might bleed you dryTimes OnlineBoard games!” Even Wuthering Heights has been reprinted with the words “Edward and Bella's favourite book” on the cover, helping to make the Brontë novel "New Moon" rose at midnight in EugeneKMTR NewsSource 16New Moon alert: Twilight gifts now on sale at Toys R UsExaminer.comStephenie Meyer turns rainy little Forks – and the world – into a Twilight zoneguardian.co.ukall 4,747 news articles »

  • Children at play in Arlington - Washington Post

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:26 am
    Washington PostChildren at play in ArlingtonWashington PostThey'll be playing with blocks, playing house, playing board games. The idea is that they learn self-control and how to follow rules by playing with each and more »
 
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  • Kris Hall: A Rules Preview of Urban Sprawl

    krishall@aol.com
    20 Nov 2009 | 3:00 am
    GMT Games is primarily known as a wargame company, but they have occasionally published euro-ish games (Manifest Destiny is one example).  This week they added two non-wargames to their pre-order webpage along with the announcement that one of them would be published in 2010.  The two games are Dominant Species, another game about competing prehistoric species, and Urban Sprawl, a game about city-building from designer Chad Jensen.  The rules for both games are already available online, and so I downloaded the rules to Urban Sprawl, a game on a topic that seemed especially…

  • Game Review: At the Gates of Loyang

    krishall@aol.com
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    By W. Eric Martin November 19, 2009 Designer: Uwe Rosenberg Publisher: Hall Games Players: 1-4 Ages: 10+ Playing Time: 60-120 minutes Rules Language: English / German Links: Version played: Purchased copy Times played: Five, once solo, twice with 2 and twice with 4 So I’m in round eight of At the Gates of Loyang, just after taking cards in the first pass through the card phase. The other three players are still in, dropping cards slowly one at a time, while I’m starting to write this review. My goal: See how far I can get before it’s my turn in the action phase. One of the…

  • Cyril Demaegd: Strategic Advice for Assyria

    krishall@aol.com
    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 pm
    Editor’s note: Ystari Games’ Cyril Demaegd offers advice on the company’s Spiel 09 release, Emanuele Ornella’s Assyria. If you’ve yet to play the game, you can download the rules in three languages – – which will make the following article far more comprehensible!] Assyria is a subtle game. Even if it’s smooth and easy to understand, it requires a lot of tactical and strategic subtlety, and you’ll frequently have to deal with crucial choices to develop your tribe. By overcoming these difficulties, you’ll be able to compete for first place,…

  • From the Editor: Changes to BGN Memberships

    krishall@aol.com
    19 Nov 2009 | 8:00 am
    Since I took over as editor of BoardgameNews.com in November 2006 – three years ago today, in fact! – I’ve made many improvements to the site. I want to do much more, but to do that I need to spend more time working on the site and less time working on other things, and to do that I need to earn an income commensurate with all the hours devoted to news posts, game previews, tweets, Gone Cardboard updates, and (most of all) the Spiel and Nuremberg previews. While in Essen, Germany this past October, I met several people who said that the BGN Spiel 09 preview – a document containing…

  • Board 2 Pieces November 19, 2009

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    19 Nov 2009 | 6:01 am
 
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    Board Games with Scott

  • BGWS 064 – Castle Panic

    Scott Nicholson
    25 Oct 2009 | 10:50 am
    In Castle Panic, players work together to defend a castle in the cooperative tower defense game. (12:19) Castle Panic is a light cooperative game with a video game feel. Players work together against an onslaught of intruders to keep the castle towers from falling. While players have to work together, only one can win as the Master Slayer! You can download Board Games with Scott 064 – Castle Panic from the Internet Archive. (other formats available). Or, you can watch it here through YouTube: You can order Castle Panic through Funagain Games! If you decide to get a copy, please let the…

  • BGWS 063 – Long Shot

    Scott Nicholson
    19 Oct 2009 | 2:25 pm
    Long Shot is a horse racing game where players can own pretty ponies and make money off of betting on them (10:00) Long Shot is a horse-racing game. Players start with some money but no horses and choose between spending money on buying horses and betting with money on which horses will win. It’s a nice balance between the two, with a little strategy and more than a little luck. You can download Board Games with Scott 063 – Long Shot from the Internet Archive. (other formats available). Or, you can watch it here through Vimeo: BGWS 063: Board Games with Scott 063 – Long Shot…

  • BGWS 062 – Word on the Street

    Scott Nicholson
    26 Aug 2009 | 1:11 pm
    Word on the Street is a social team-based word game where players attempt to capture letters by coming up with words. (7:45) Out of the Box is the company that originally created Apples to Apples. They have a new party game that’s got two teams coming up with words in categories to capture letters that are in those words. This game would be good for school, library or family play. You can download Board Games with Scott 062 – Word on the Street from the Internet Archive. (other formats available). Or, you can watch it here through Vimeo: BGWS 062: Board Games with Scott 062…

  • BGWS 061 – Tulipmania 1637

    Scott Nicholson
    2 Aug 2009 | 4:25 am
    Tulipmania 1637 is an economic stock market game that simulates a bubble market. (22:07) Scott made a game! Originally due out at Essen 2008, Tulipmania 1637 has finally made it through the production process. It’s out in the UK, where it’s being published, and will be coming to the US in September 2009. Because Scott made this game, this episode of BGWS is not an objective review. You will learn about the game, and should be able to decide if it’s something for you. You can download Board Games with Scott 061 – Tulipmania 1637 from the Internet Archive. (other formats…

  • BGWS 060 – Battlestar Galactica: The Reality Show

    Scott Nicholson
    14 Jul 2009 | 5:53 pm
    Battlestar Galactica is a longer game pitting Humans versus Cylons in a cooperative strategy roleplaying experience. (30:49) Enjoy the Sci-Fi series Battlestar Galactica? Or enjoy roleplaying experiences trying to unearth traitors (or being a traitor)? Then take a look at Battlestar Galactica: The Reality Show. For this special episode, I filmed an actual game of BSG in reality-show style with a confessional so you can learn what the players are thinking. I became aware of the idea through Logan Bretschneider. One of his friends did “Risk Night” as a school project,…
 
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  • BGTG 99 - Ten Years of Essens

    Mark Johnson
    5 Nov 2009 | 8:16 pm
    Chris left a comment after the previous podcast (anticipating this year's Essen), asking what games were my favorites from past Essens. That was the idea behind this show--my favorites, BGG's favorites, and what seemed liked the favorites at the time (Fairplay ratings). I looked up the past decade of Fairplay rankings, compared it against current BGG rankings, and also figured out my favorites from that same Essen. In addition to BGG, the original German boardgame database Luding was very useful, since it allows searches for a particular Essen year.My favorites from all these years are mostly…

  • BGTG 97 - All About Brass (with Stephanie Kelleher)

    Mark Johnson
    24 Oct 2009 | 12:19 pm
    If you pay attention to the episode numbers, you'll see this one actually belongs before the previous show about Essen. I only needed to hurry that one out in time for the big game fair in Germany this week. I'd recorded this episode focusing on Martin Wallace's Brass with guest Stephanie Kelleher (songlian on BGG). Stephanie is at Essen right now helping with the BGG/Geekdo booth!We both really enjoy this game. Stephanie has played more face-to-face games, while I've got a lot more online plays. I tend to prefer lighter/shorter games, but Wallace's games always have a strong appeal for their…

  • BGTG 98 - Essen Anticipation 2009

    Mark Johnson
    19 Oct 2009 | 12:54 pm
    As before, I've managed to squeeze in a show just before the Essen game fair Spiel that shares my anticipation for the event and a number of games. Nope, I'm not going there, just living vicariously through the preview information about the games about to debut at this enormous event in our hobby. All of this may will change after we start hearing (and seeing!) more about this games from firsthand gamer experience, first at Essen itself, and especially after a month or so at BGG.con. (Unfortunately, I won't be there, either.)If you want to follow along to the titles I run down that I find…

  • Last & next month's games

    Mark Johnson
    9 Oct 2009 | 8:02 pm
    I'm in the middle of more business travel than I've ever had to do before. I know a lot of people have to travel more than I, so I'm not complaining. I'm just experiencing the impact it has on your life, especially your time with family & friends. The family part is my deal, but the friends parts relates to games, which is why I'm writing about it on the blog.Last month I did play some games. You can see them over to the right in the sidebar. The biggie I played was Le Havre, semi-sequel to Agricola, and just recently the winner of the International Gamers Award.. Now, I missed almost all…

  • Go "vote" on the À La Carte card game award

    Mark Johnson
    14 Sep 2009 | 12:14 pm
    I've always enjoyed reading through the results of the best card game award given in Germany, the À La Carte. Kind of like the Spiel des Jahres or International Gamers Awards, this award is given by an editorial board. However, this year they've opened up an online poll--not to decide or change the outcome of the award, just as a fun check between what the game-buying public thinks is the best game, compared to that editorial board thinks.http://fairplay-online.blogspot.com/2009/09/la-carte-2009.html
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  • Unplayed games back up to 98

    Garry
    1 Nov 2009 | 1:42 am
    Well, October saw the biggest setback to my aim to get down to fewer than 20 unplayed games by the end of Jun 2010. However, I was fairly restrained in my buying at Essen, bringing back fewer new games than usual and I stuck to my edict of not buying any expansions this year (as [...]

  • Essen 2009 trip

    Garry
    23 Oct 2009 | 12:38 pm
    Just back from two days at Essen. Fabulous time as always but seemed to spend more time talking than playing games. Rather restrained on the buying front - only 19 additions to the collection which are shown in glorious technicolour below.      

  • Coming at Essen - Steam Barons

    Garry
    18 Oct 2009 | 1:15 am
    The third game being released by Martin Wallace, this time through Warfrog rather than Treefrog, is Steam Barons which is the first expansion for Mayfair’s Steam. Two maps are included in the game, one covering eastern USA, along with parts of Canada, and the other covering northern England. The maps are suitable for five and six [...]

  • Coming at Essen: The Boardgamegeek Game

    Garry
    14 Oct 2009 | 5:45 am
    Richard Breese’s second game to be released at SPIEL ‘09 is The Boardgamegeek Game. Here is a description from the game’s entry on BGG: The BoardGameGeek Game (TBGGG) is being published by R&D Games to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the BoardGameGeek website, the gaming community’s most indispensible database! Ernie (the famous BoardGameGeek mascot) has gone on holiday [...]

  • Coming at Essen: Last Train to Wensleydale

    Garry
    10 Oct 2009 | 4:24 am
    The second Martin Wallace game being released at Essen is Last Train to Wensleydale, published in his Treefrog line. The game is set in the Yorkshire Dales and the aim is to move stone, cheese, and various passengers, from the hills of the Dales to the major trunk routes run by the North Eastern Railway and [...]
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  • Moving

    Brian
    24 Oct 2009 | 6:10 pm
    The Tao of Gaming has moved. Update your bookmarks accordingly.

  • I'm a mortal lock for the next Sports Guy Mailbag

    Brian
    21 Oct 2009 | 5:10 pm
    (At least, the next one after he sees my email) From Game Informer, current issue, page 61. "Specter wanted Oswald the Lucky Rabbit [1] to be the centerpiece of Epic Mickey. But that wasn't possible until a years-old dispute was resolved. 'Disney didn't own the rights to Oswald,' Spector explains. 'So there was no way I could use him as a character in this game.' But Bob Iger, the CEO of Disney, went to NBC/Universal, which after 80 years owned the rights to Oswald, and TRADED AL MICHAELS, a human sportscaster, for the rights to a cartoon rabbit." (Technically this is old news, but since I…

  • Powerblogs is shutting down

    Brian
    21 Oct 2009 | 2:10 pm
    Which means I have a month (or so) to decide whether to continue this somewhere else, or just confine my ramblings to BGG/SABG or other sites.... I could move to blogger or wordpress, I suppose.

  • Lou, I think I may have topped that game of Medici

    Brian
    20 Oct 2009 | 2:10 pm
    See the full story on the SABG blog. (Non-Lou's are welcome to check it out, but I think he'll really appreciate it more).

  • Endeavour Initial Thoughts

    Brian
    20 Oct 2009 | 2:10 pm
    I got in two games of Endeavour yesterday. It's ... fast. It's hard to dislike a fast game, especially one that gleefully steals from titles I like. I'd lustily hate Endeavour if my first game took two hours, like some reviewers claim. But we played a 3 player game in about an hour (with rules), and then a five player game in less than 1.5 hours. At the time I didn't particularly love it. The good: It's fast, You have some long term strategy, Quite distinct feel, based on # of players Not many false choices (that I saw). The bad: Endeavour doesn't differ enough from other Euros to excite me.
 
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  • Skulligan (Roll Through the Ages x2, Glory to Rome, Race for the Galaxy, Dominion)

    agent easy
    14 Nov 2009 | 8:30 pm
    It was Kozure's pick this week, and he was lookin' to play some quick n' light civilization building games.Roll Through the AgesWe opened with a relatively recent purchase that hadn't yet seen any play at WAGS... Roll Through the Ages. A long time ago I used to play computer yahtzee quite a lot, but I can't say this type of "combination seeking" dice games have really been my thing since (I'm not counting games like Excape, Liar's Dice or Can't Stop, because those aren't really the same type of game). Still, with the recent crop of dice games I started to get interested and settled on this…

  • Hunhh, wha? movin'! ungh... zombies gah. (Last Night on Earth x3, Zombie Fluxx x8)

    agent easy
    7 Nov 2009 | 1:14 pm
    Luch, Kozure and I gathered for a belated halloween session at WAGS. The flu has been having it's way with many of us of late... I couldn't make it last week, and Shemp was out of action this week. Maybe zombies aren't all we have to fear.Last Night on EarthWe've played LNoE every halloween for a few years now. It's a notable improvement over the Zombies! games we tolerated before, but it's not our favorite type of game either. Still, it's a nice yearly diversion.We started with the "Burn 'em out!" scenario. Luch and I were the heroes and Kozure was the zombies. In this scenario, the heroes…

  • This is your brain. This is your brain crushed by CONAN (Age of Conan)

    agent easy
    4 Nov 2009 | 6:28 pm
    I wasn't able to attend last week, but for the sake of posterity I will note that Age of Conan was played, and that Shemp apparently crushed all opponents in his debut session. In a result that is eerily reminiscent of my first session some time ago, Shemp was a distant first and crowned Conan for the win. Either that is a bizarre coincidence or this baby's got serious runaway leader problems!!!Halloween gaming was postponed to next week's session.

  • Be My Cube Tomato Coalition Buddy

    Kozure
    26 Oct 2009 | 10:09 am
    Let me be clear:Die Macher is a good game. It is also a loooonnnnggg game... for a Euro, anyway.Die Macher is a game of very complex, interlinked/co-dependent strategies, with great theme and a fair amount of tension.Why don't I look forward to it more?Why does it fall solidly into the "daunting" category of Euro games for me?Why does it not leap immediately to the front of the line in terms of being a Euro-masterwork?I gave it a lot of thought this past weekend, and it suddenly occurs to me right now that it's something that I seldom talk about... because it usually isn't an issue.It's the…

  • Déja Vu (Steam, Pandemic: On the Brink, Excape)

    agent easy
    16 Oct 2009 | 9:56 am
    Shemp thought enough of last week's games that he picked them again this week.(That, and I suspect he was feeling too lazy to think about choosing different ones)SteamOur second game of Steam was played on the German map, which is designed for 4-5 players. As it's designed for more players than the USA/Canada one, we expected it to be more wide open, and for the most part it was. That said, when the game was completed every single town and city had been built to. I wouldn't have predicted that (in fact, I predicted quite the opposite because I pointed to a particular town, Seiglen, in the…
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  • Nov 19, Keyword Game

    18 Nov 2009 | 5:27 pm
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    18 Nov 2009 | 5:12 pm
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    18 Nov 2009 | 4:56 pm
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    18 Nov 2009 | 8:09 am
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    17 Nov 2009 | 7:02 pm
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  • London Chess Classic 2009 – Korchnoi guest of honour

    19 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    Viktor Korchnoi is an all time great of chess. He fought two world title matches against Anatoly Karpov and generously replayed a match he had won by default against Garry Kasparov. In December you can hear Korchnoi comments at the Chess Classic or play him in a simultaneous display. To get you in the mood tournament director Malcolm Pein has annotated a recent Korchnoi brilliancy.

  • World Blitz Championship: closeup video footage

    19 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    Some watched it live in the GUM mall in Moscow. You probably followed the action on Playchess, perhaps with webcam images from the official site running as well (they had a strange two-minute lag to the game moves). Now you have a chance to see highlights of the World Blitz Championship close up in video with a JavaScript replay board. A unique experience – you don't want to miss it!

  • Kramnik: It is especially nice to win in Moscow

    18 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    "I fell ill," the winner of the super-strong 2009 Tal Memorial tournament reveals. "But for some reason I achieved my best results when I had to take tablets to control my temperature." Vladimir Kramnik speaks about his chances in the Candidates tournament, the cooperation Carlsen-Kasparov, and Anand's chances in Sofia. We have added a brief Aronian statement to this Sport Express interview.

  • World Blitz Championship: Pictorial impressions

    18 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    It was a spectacular event, a three-day frenzy of blitz chess, with World Champion Anand finishing three full points ahead of the field – and one Magnus Carlsen, 18-year-old youth from Norway, three points ahead of him. Oh the excitement! We brought you the results and games of the third and final day. Here now is a photo report by Misha Savinov.

  • Carlsen: I am constantly in touch with Kasparov

    18 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm
    "Until recently I was a schoolboy," says a candid Magnus Carlsen, "I am not very accustomed to rigid, hard and painstaking work. Only by working with Garry Kasparov have I become aware of just how important it is." The 18-year-old winner of the 2009 World Blitz Championship, and the inofficial world number one player, gives credit where it's due in this Vremya (Time) interview.
 
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    Confessions of a chess novice

  • On the Complementarity of Queens and Knights (Guest Blogger)

    Blue Devil Knight
    18 Nov 2009 | 7:47 am
    Hank, a frequent commenter at this blog, and someone I've played in real life (and usually lost) , gave me permission to publish the following excellent piece he wrote. Beautiful, deep, yet simple ideas. Thanks, Hank!========================I've seen a number of different articulations about piece coordination and the complementarity of certain pieces, that explain why the relative value of

  • ACIS: bold as love

    Blue Devil Knight
    9 Nov 2009 | 12:28 pm
    Or ACIS of evil. Or ACIS in the hole.Any way you pun it, Adult Chess Improvement Seekers (ACIS) are a staple of the blogoshere, and aren't going away. Also, it is quite clear that the Knights Errant aren't big enough to contain the blogosphere's burgeoning mass of people scrambling to improve. The Circles are cool and all, but the Knights Errant have pretty much died.There are googles more paths

  • Boycott Liquid Egg Product's Blog

    Blue Devil Knight
    8 Nov 2009 | 7:07 am
    Don't believe his lies.

  • Are the Knights truly dead?

    Blue Devil Knight
    4 Nov 2009 | 11:51 am
    Question from a reader:============Hi BlueDevil,I would like to join the Kights Errant. It appears as though the secretary is inactive? Can you help me? Your post reminds me of some some comments that I read about Lasker on chessgames.com having a great "Geometer", looking around for features and only then calculating.smiteknight.blogspot.com=============What's going on, Knights?Sorry smiteknight

  • Look around, not ahead

    Blue Devil Knight
    9 Oct 2009 | 4:17 pm
    It is amazing that nearly every game in the lower levels of chess are decided by people literally not seeing obvious interactions between pieces on the board. Leaving a piece open to be taken, or forgetting a piece is pinned, or even not seeing mate in one.Yet many of us in these lower levels still insist on looking many moves ahead in silly lines. We aren't losing because we fail to look ahead
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  • Carlsen Blitzes Through Moscow

    20 Nov 2009 | 4:37 am
    Following the Tal Memorial which wrapped up last week, most of the participants remained in Moscow, where they were joined by more of the world's top players. In all, 22 players competed in a 42 round, double round-robin spectacular: the World Blitz Championship. Played over three days, the tournament had a superstar field and plenty of upsets. If there were two favorites in the tournament, they were likely Viswanathan Anand, who is not only the World Champion but is also known as a tremendous rapid and blitz player, and Magnus Carlsen, who has been playing extremely well as of late. The two…

  • Kramnik Tops Tal Memorial, Carlsen Leads FIDE Ratings

    15 Nov 2009 | 5:01 pm
    Vladimir Kramnik may be best known for his solid play, but he's certainly capable of winning a game or two when the need arises. In the case of the Tal Memorial, he won three, which was just enough to take clear first in what was likely the strongest tournament of 2009. Kramnik finished with a 6.0/9 score, a half-point ahead of Magnus Carlsen and Vassily Ivanchuk. There was a fair amount of drama heading into the final round, as Ivanchuk and Viswananthan Anand each trailed Kramnik by just a half point, and Ivanchuk had White against Kramnik. Anand took himself out of contention by losing to…

  • Kramnik Leads at Tal Memorial

    8 Nov 2009 | 3:24 pm
    The 2009 Tal Memorial, being held in Moscow, boasts one of the strongest tournament fields in recent memory; you won't find many 10-player round robin events where the lowest rated participant is rated 2739 (that honor being jointly shared by Vassily Ivanchuk and Ruslan Ponomariov).  World Champion Viswanathan Anand is there, as is former champion Vladimir Kramnik, and the world's #2 player, Magnus Carlsen. Levon Aronian, Boris Gelfand, Peter Leko, Alexander Morozevich and Peter Svidler round out the field. All in all, the Memorial appeared to have the kind of field that would inspire a lot…

  • Azerbaijan Takes Gold in European Team Championship

    2 Nov 2009 | 6:12 am
    Vugar Gashimov scored the critical win for Azerbaijan in the final round of the European Team Chess Championships, allowing them to defeat the Netherlands 2.5-1.5 and slip ahead of Russia in the final standings to take first place. Azerbaijan and Russia entered the final round tied for first, and one of the two were guaranteed to take first unless both teams lost in the final round. Russia, though, stumbled slightly in their final round encounter with Spain. While Alexander Morozevich scored a board two victory over Francisco Vallejo Pons, Evgeny Alexseev gave the point back to the Spaniards…

  • Should Women's Chess Titles Stay or Go?

    26 Oct 2009 | 4:27 am
    A recent Wall Street Journal editorial in favor of abolishing women's titles in chess has generated a lot of discussion online. For a while now, this -- and similar issues, such as the necessity of female-only events in chess -- have simmered, becoming hot topics now and again whenever an article like this WSJ editorial pops up. Reaction, not surprisingly, has been mixed. Some, like Russian GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, are strongly against taking away these titles, while Mig Greengard and others fall on the opposite side. Still others have made the point that the editorial's author, Barbara…
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  • Greg Hager Memorial

    Robert Oresick
    18 Nov 2009 | 9:32 am
    BCF 2nd Greg Hager MemorialSaturday, November 21SS; G/60. EF: $27, $17 to BCF members. Two sections: Open & U1800; Prizes: b/entries. Reg: 9:15 – 9:50. Rounds: 10, 12:40, 3:00, 5:10

  • Chess State of Mind

    Robert Oresick
    17 Nov 2009 | 10:53 am
    It was late Saturday afternoon at the BCF when in walks IM Joe Fang to watch the last 1/2 hour of chess. I turn to IM David Vigoritto and mentioned that by coincidence as I played through a game in an opening book a very theoretical Giuoco Piano of Fang vs Ivanov in New Hampshire.To which David replies: "Oh yes, I know that game but all that was known at the time that game was played." He described the game in detail, practically cited the page the game was on. All of this from a player that doesn't play either side of a Giuoco I play few 40/2 hr G/60 weekend tournaments anymore as they…

  • Moves Not Found In Nature

    Ken Ho
    13 Nov 2009 | 9:24 pm
    In my last game from the recently concluded Hauptturnier, my opponent Rubén Portugués arrived a little late. I had arrived early enough to select a reasonably well-lit board, position each piece in the center of its square, and point knights facing forward, as is my habit.As we started our game, Rubén gently pointed out that my king and queen were transposed. That was easily fixed, of course, and then I proceeded to find more normal ways to mess up my position and lose the game.(Matt -- fortunately, it's difficult to place the board the wrong way at the club!)Also quite recently, I was…

  • Chess and the BU Open

    Robert Oresick
    11 Nov 2009 | 7:44 am
    Chess and the BU Open It was November 15 1997 and I decided to get back into playing tournament chess. Lifetime boomers have a membership ID beginning with "1001": the USCF offered it to members in the 70's for those who opted to pay twice as much for 10 years in a sustaining membership to convert to Life. So after 19 years away, raising a family, I walked into the Third Annual BU OpenBob Oresick and Alan Ong were seated in the basement of the BU student union, paid my entry fee as I showed them my 1590 rating on the label of my Chess Life.Bob and Allan were more occupied in encouraging…

  • New views on the Lewis chessmen

    Robert Oresick
    11 Nov 2009 | 7:36 am
    Doubts cast on Chessmen origins Calls have been made for the pieces to be returned to Lewis New research has cast doubt on traditional theories about the historic Lewis Chessmen.Story from BBC NEWS:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8352127.stmPublished: 2009/11/10 10:38:48 GMT© BBC MMIXThe 93 pieces - currently split between museums in Edinburgh and London - were discovered on Lewis in 1831. But the research suggests they may have been used in both chess and Hnefatafl - a similar game that was popular in medieval Scandinavia. It also casts doubt on…
 
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  • I’ve been working on the Caro (part 2)

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    11 Nov 2009 | 8:56 pm
    All right, let’s talk a little bit more about what happens in Bronstein’s Folly (1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4!?) if Black “chickens out” and plays 4. … Bd7. The reason for this is twofold: first, it came up in a recent US Chess League game, Charbonneau–Enkhbat, which was selected as the “Opening of the Week” by Mark Ginsburg in his blog. Second, I also had a chance to play against 4. … Bd7 in a recent game against GM Larry Kaufman in the U.S. Senior Open. This was quite possibly the worst positional game that I have played this year,…

  • I’ve Been Working on the Caro …

    admin
    10 Nov 2009 | 1:07 pm
    … All the live-long day! (Sorry about the reference to a nineteenth-century folk song that is probably best forgotten.) Anyway, Michael Goeller posted a comment a week ago that set me off on another serious binge of Caro-Kann study. He pointed out this post in Mark Ginsburg’s blog, which re-opens the debate over what I called the Homo Erectus Variation of the Caro-Kann, where White plays the ungainly lunge: 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4!? Ginsburg calls this the “Fugly Advance Variation,” a name that I’m not sure is acceptable for a family audience. Another…

  • Reno Redux — Round 6

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    31 Oct 2009 | 1:32 pm
    And now, back to chess. However, the blog stats make me wonder whether I should post off topic more often. My blog got more than 200 hits on the day that my post about Jorge Cham’s detention went up — even though I had no information to offer other than what was already in Cham’s cartoon. That was the most hits in any one day since I started keeping track. (Admittedly, I only started keeping track a couple of months ago). But the purpose of a chess blog isn’t to get a lot of hits, right? The purpose is to talk about chess. Right? Hello? Anybody there? Okay, I know that…

  • (Off-Topic) Cartoonists and Border Guards Don’t Mix!

    admin
    29 Oct 2009 | 9:30 am
    I’m a regular reader of two webcomics, one of which is “Piled Higher and Deeper,” by Jorge Cham. It’s a satirical look at life in academia, mostly focusing on the life of graduate students. “P.H.D.” is a huge cult hit (especially among grad students, probably not so much among professors), and as a result Cham has been able to quit his dead-end job as an engineering professor and go into the exciting career of cartooning! Nowadays, Cham gets invited to universities all over the world to give talks. What a life, right? He gets his expenses paid to visit all…

  • Reno Redux — Round 3

    admin
    28 Oct 2009 | 10:42 am
    I’m going to show you some of the highlights from my Reno tournament, starting with Round 3. I came into this round with a score of ½-1½ and was paired against Walter Shipman. I admire his play a lot — very solid and tough to beat. He plays what Jesse Kraai would call “old man chess,” but he has a right to, because he is 80 years old! I sure hope I’m playing as well as Shipman when I get to age 80. Shipman is also the solution to my personal “six degrees of Bobby Fischer” puzzle. What is the shortest link of players connecting me to Bobby Fischer,…
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  • Fuck My Life

    20 Nov 2009 | 8:45 pm
    But of course this isn't my life lol. This is a blog for these or funny jokes, i don't care, but i like to make people laugh so have fun reading them. 

  • Monday Nov 23 2 PM PDT Chess.FM TV Lecture

    20 Nov 2009 | 7:25 pm
    On Monday November 23, 2009 I will be hosting a new show on "Chess.FM TV" (look under the "Fun" tab on the right) at 2 PM PDT.   The name of the show is "Thinking your way to chess mastery."   Every week I will present a tough game between t...

  • How to play the Danish Gambit without playing it!

    20 Nov 2009 | 7:23 pm
    Many of you know the Danish gambit, which is this:       Of course theory has proven it to be relatively unsound, but many people do not realise that you can still sacrifice the c and b pawns in different openings, where is it is more soun...

  • Kosteniuk World Chess Champion

    20 Nov 2009 | 7:13 pm

  • The Dislocating Pawn Sacrifice

    20 Nov 2009 | 6:33 pm
    In this article, I will be discussing in detail the dislocating pawn sacrifice. It is predominantly played by white where he hopes to achieve a positional bind, development advantage, as well as sharpen up the position.   Example no.1: Alekhine...
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  • Diving Into ACIS: "I Would Like, If I May, To Take You On a Strange Journey"

    12 Nov 2009 | 9:46 pm
    Okay boys and girls, this is going to take a lot of preparation...do not proceed any farther in this post unless you have an hour or two. Or take it in small bites, whatever, but I'm not going to put up the run-of-the mill fluff, this time.First, in order to understand the title of this post, go watch the fabulous Blunderprone production Rocky Errant Picture Show.Three years ago I published a little piece called The Crowley-Parsons-Heinlein-Hubbard-Cruise Connection. Please read Part I, Part II. At the time I wrote it, I had not yet seen this article--Whence Came the Stranger: Tracking the…

  • Memorable Game 7: King Hunt! (Unfortunately Mine), RLP - R. Campbell 10.14.2000 0-1

    6 Nov 2009 | 11:05 pm
    My previous "Memorable Games" posted here were memorable for me in that they were some of my best games. This game is memorable because I forget a little thing called "development" and my whole king side stays at home for an entire game, just like in some of those 1850's clashes "Anderssen-NN" or "Morphy-Allies." Also, one of the few times in my career that my king made it out to the fifth rank with a bunch of pieces still on the board; hardly ever a good sign. Yes, I willl officially call it a King Hunt.Ron Campbell, my opponent in this game, was a regular around the Anchorage chess scene in…

  • I Invent a Totally NEW Word - Please Make It Go Viral!!!

    4 Nov 2009 | 10:05 pm
    Over at Liquid Egg Product the Mascot has produced, directed and starred in a Halloween Holiday Classic. In the comments, I write:Seriously dude, I know you’re loyal to Donnie and all but someone with your combination of churtful yet charming snark, slender physique, immunity to criticism, babe magnetism and tolerance for tasteless violence and gore would fit RIGHT IN with most of the Hollywood crowd.Churtful? CHURTFUL??? I think I meant to say cheerful, then thought to change it to hurtful, and LOOK WHAT HAPPENED! Ma, I done a good thing!Cheerful and hurtful. And snarky. Yes, that's…

  • 'Round the Chess Blogosphere Highlights + Hot Chess Babes!

    20 Oct 2009 | 10:36 pm
    Reassembler goes democratic, and my vote for "link love" is the only vote for link love. I threaten to take it on myself. Thus, this post.The Other McCain has gotten over 2.7 million visitors so far by using 5 simple rules, Rule 2 being (in part) "Reciprocal linkage is the essential lubricant that makes the blogosphere purr with contentment." I don't think we in the chess area of the blogosphere are doing enough of it. Blue Devil Knight is pretty good about linking, see here and here. Rocky Rook points out an interesting chess variant, or at least an interesting game using chess pieces,…

  • Chess and Baseball: The Thinking Man's Games (?)

    12 Oct 2009 | 10:36 pm
    "Interchangeable Skills?"You decide as Yankee's manager Joe Girardi talks about the two games.Sorry no embed, permalink here.
 
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  • 2009 World Cup begins

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:36 pm
    The 3rd World Chess Cup is openedThe Opening Ceremony of the III World Cup 2009 took place in the House of Culture “Oktyabr” on 20 November in Khanty Mansiysk.The governor of Khanty Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra Alexander Filipenko and the Vice Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Zhukov warmly welcomed the participants of the World Cup 2009. Alexander Zhukov called Khanty Mansiysk one of the chess capitals in Russia.• New beautiful chess palaces will be constructed by the start of the Chess Olympiad in 2010, - said the Vice Prime Minister. – In particular, the…

  • Zhukov and Filipenko press conference

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:40 pm
    Zhukov and Filipenko press conference before World cup startThe Vice Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Zhukov took the floor first. He informed the audience on the World Chess Olympiad 2010 Organizing Committee meeting which was held to discuss the organizational points. He also mentioned that all the objects to be involved into the Olympiad including the Chess Academy were inspected. Apart the Olympiad issue, Mr. Filipenko informed the journalists that 128 participants from 42 countries are participating in the 3 rd World Chess Cup 2009. The tournament consists of 6 rounds.

  • Khanty Mansiysk

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:32 pm
    In opinion of Alexander Zhukov, World Chess Olympiad in Khanty should become the best in chess history.The Organizing Committee of the 39 th World Chess Olympiad 2010 and 82th FIDE Congress which will take place in Khanty Mansiysk in 2010 was held in the Khanty Mansi Autonomous Okrug Government meeting hall on 20 November. The meeting was head by the Organizing Committee Chairman, Vice Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Zhukov and the Khanty Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra Governor Alexander Filipenko.Alexander Zhukov underlined that the readiness level of the Khanty Mansiysk…

  • A difficult save

    20 Nov 2009 | 2:08 pm
    White to move and draw. This is a pretty difficult endgame. Can you find the saving line for White?Source: ChessToday.netChess news from Susan Polgar

  • Topalov interview about Fischer

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:55 am
    Chess news from Susan Polgar
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  • Chess in Chrome

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:23 pm
    Last day in Tokyo. Finally after a few days here I've been able to unravel this labyrinth that is Shinjuku station. What a crazy place. Hec, even the locals get lost around here. And, of course, I found myself a sort of temporary "local". It's an English pub! God save the poms.It's just on 5.26AM as I type. And the first chess-related news I spot is about the much-awaited release of the new Chrome operating system. Check out what it has in store for chess fans.ZDNet News has some screenshots and other details of the upcoming release.

  • Magnus is Number One

    15 Nov 2009 | 8:43 pm
    No one but the Japanese can transform the grand old tradition of the English breakfast into a performance art with all the precision and delicacy of a tea ceremony. For that reason alone, it's worth spending at least a night in Tokyo's Hyatt Regency hotel. Sure you'll drop a few thousand yen, but those carrying Aussie dollars will find it pretty affordable, thanks to the Aussie's rising strength. Anyway, as I sat down this morning to that impressive brekky experience, I flipped my copy of the IHT to page two and what did I find but chess news. Yes, right on page 2 was news of super GM Magnus…

  • Off to Tokyo, Japan

    13 Nov 2009 | 9:04 pm
    It's that time of year again when I ship myself off somewhere. This time I'm heading for that hi-tech metropolis, Tokyo! I'll be there for a week. So that means that there could be some disruption to normal programming over the next 7 days or so. And that's not because I expect problems with internet connectivity (which, in Japan, is ahecofalot more advanced and faster than backward Australia), but because I expect to be quite busy with work. I'll be back Down Under next Sunday.

  • Fischer: Brilliant & Idiotic

    12 Nov 2009 | 8:48 pm
    Writing for the Skeptical Inquirer, Martin Gardner counts chess genius Bobby Fischer among those whom he considers both "extremely intelligent" as well as being "simple minded". Take, for example, Isaac Newton and A. C. Doyle. The former, being a Christian, apparently tried to calculate the exact date of the Second Coming; while the latter, wait for this, believed in fairies!Martin Gardner:Aside from chess, Fischer came close to being a moron. I once thought his refusal to play chess on Saturday was because he was Jewish. No, it was because he had become a convert to the Worldwide Church of…

  • Smerdon To Face Super GM

    12 Nov 2009 | 2:31 am
    As I mentioned last week, there is a large group of young Aussies headed for Turkey to participate in the World Youth Chess Championships. Canberra's Alana Chibnall has posted some photos on Facebook of a few Aussie team members, while ChessDom has an album with just a handful of images so far. Let's hope that they'll keep adding a few more from here on end.Also en route to OTB action in the upcoming World Cup, in far away Khanty-Mansiysk, is GM David Smerdon. For such a terribly long trip I hope he'll manage to survive his first round opponent who is none other than Cuban numero uno, super…
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  • Online Backgammon News November 2009

    9 Nov 2009 | 4:54 am
    Online backgammon room Play65 is running online qualifier for the 1st Cyprus Backgammon Open, an invitational only EBGT event that comes to replace the traditional City of Venice Backgammon, which ceased to exist last year, after 20 years of international tournaments. Play65 Cyprus qualifiers will t...

  • Backgammon Game Discovers Ancient City

    1 Nov 2009 | 5:49 am
    The festive opening of the new building Afrodisias Ancient City Museum was held last weekend in the Aydın province in the Aegean region in Turkey, a year and a half after it was opened for public and 30 years after the museum was originally initiated. The museum exhibits the ruins of the Afrodi...

  • Backgammon Season Opens in Greece

    24 Sep 2009 | 4:29 am
    The Greek Backgammon Federation has launched its 2009/10 season on September 12th, 2009 in a multiplayer tournament, attended by Greece's top backgammon players, including Greece's self declared number 1 backgammon player, Giorgos Klitsas, who served as the Tournament Director as well. ...

  • Backgammon Cheaters Got Suspended Sentences

    8 Sep 2009 | 5:50 am
    Three of the four men who were involved in a large-scale poker and backgammon cheating scandal at the Borgata Casino Hotel in Atlantic City two years got 3-5 years on probation, while the fourth suspect, gambling security advisor Steven Forte, was released with no charges last July. The trio is barr...

  • Online Tribute to Late Backgammon Guru

    25 Aug 2009 | 5:41 am
    Friends, admirers and past opponents pay tribute to backgammon player and author Walter Trice, who died early this week at 60. Walter Trice of Massachusetts has been playing backgammon for over 30 years, championed many ABT events, wrote two influential, highly praised backgammon books and develop...
 
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  • 3rd Ranelagh Backgammon Tournament

    12 Nov 2009 | 5:58 am
    When: 6th December 2009 at 18:00 Where: Humphreys pub 79 Ranelagh 6 Ranelagh, Dublin 6 The third meeting of the Ranelagh Backgammon club, open for players of all skill levels. ...

  • Skill Games Night at the Culture Quarter

    12 Nov 2009 | 5:30 am
    When: every Wednesday 18-20 Where: Berkeley Tavern Marine Avenue, Whitley Bay Backgammon, chess, scrabble and other board games for all skill levels, followed by an open musical sessions Contact Info: dave@culturequarter.org ...

  • 1st Cyprus Backgammon Open

    9 Nov 2009 | 12:34 am
    When: 16-29 November, 2009 Where: Golden Tulip Hotel & Casino Nikosia, Cyprus The World Backgammon Association (WBA) and Istanbul Tavla Sports Club Association (Istavder) are inaugurating the first Cyprus Backgammon Open. The backgammon tournament takes the place of the City of Venice Inter...

  • Backgammon in the Fabulous 1980s

    20 Oct 2009 | 6:29 am
    Or why chess experts should play backgammon for money instead of poker When someone is a talented chess player, but lacks the concentration ability or aspiration to become a chess pro, and still wish to monetize these skills, he usually heads to poker, sometimes with a backgammon stop in between....

  • Backgammon vs. Chess (#5)

    8 Oct 2009 | 10:20 am
    Backgammon is broken, grumbles the blogger who uses the nickname MFChang who returned playing backgammon after more than 20 years of absence. Backgammon is a weak and unfair game, is the summation of her (?) impression; it has limited strategies and the doubles rule (allowing you to play the numbers...
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  • How to Maintain the Balance of Power (Part 1 of 4)

    Ehsan Honary
    15 Nov 2009 | 12:22 am
    Risk is all about balance. If you become too weak you will be attacked and eliminated. If you become too strong, you will be ganged up on until you become a weak player and we know what happens to weak players. However, balancing the game is an art. It requires full understanding of the rules, the map, the psychology of other players to some extent and of course impeccable timing. Players who get this right and go on to win, usually feel that they won not because of one crucial clever move or a sound strategy. Instead, they feel more like indirectly guiding a set of people towards the path of…

  • Critical Starting Moves in Risk (Part 2 of 2)

    Ehsan Honary
    8 Nov 2009 | 12:55 am
    As you saw in Part 1, the initial start in Risk is quite critical and if you don t get it right you can fail spectacularly. Opening moves in Risk are much like Chess. They set the pace of the game, define the strategic positions which would come to define the rest of the game. It is always possible to get away with a single mistake, but a series of mistakes is lethal. If you realise you have already made a mistake, beware that you can t afford to risk anymore and need to play conservatively thinking about all possible consequences before you make your decision. Let s analyse the game further…

  • What can You Learn from the Mongol Invasion? (Part 2 of 2)

    Ehsan Honary
    1 Nov 2009 | 1:56 am
    On the outset, Genghis Khan had the fastest army on the planet. His genius was to take full advantage of his fast moving armies against well-established disciplined armies many times their armies. These armies were also backed by resources of an empire which made the task even more profound. Genghis Khan used the ancient Chinese Strategy of Slow Slow Quick Quick as his grand strategy. Let s see how this worked in practice.

  • The Psychology of Decision Making in Risk (Part 1 of 2)

    Ehsan Honary
    29 Oct 2009 | 1:40 am
    Sometimes choosing between options is not easy, especially when you have to deal with probabilities. You may think each option has its own pros and cons. The situation gets even more complicated when you realise someone else has these options and are wondering which one they are going to choose. In Risk, decision making plays a significant role and it is ideal to have a deeper look at this topic. To start this investigation, let s do an experiment. To get good results, please follow these instructions carefully. Below, you can see two links. Each of these links leads you to a simple question.

  • Critical Starting Moves in Risk (Part 1 of 2)

    Ehsan Honary
    25 Oct 2009 | 12:46 am
    Risk can be surprising and in the course of a game, you may always have a heart sinking feeling of imminent danger and fall. In fact, this is what makes Risk so exciting. Anyone can win which means even experienced players must be on guard all the time otherwise can easily lose. The opening stages of a game are quite critical. If you start badly or make mistakes, you are very likely to get kicked out and the game and lose. You must pay constant attention to your opponents as well as your own position in comparison with others. The best way to learn opening moves is by example. Let s consider…
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  • Viva Buymoria

    Mark (aka pastor guy)
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:38 am
    Not only is CHUCK coming back early (January 10th!) but NBC has ordered 6 more episodes (for a total of 19). For more details, check out the video below and The Ausiello Files blog over on Entertainment Weekly's website. I could not be happier right now. Video Recaps | Full Episodes | Webisodes

  • Translation Party! - The Game Quiz

    Mark (aka pastor guy)
    19 Nov 2009 | 11:42 am
    Thanks to Wei-Hwa, I started playing around with Translation Party!... and came up with a way to entertain ourselves while all the BGG.con folks are gone. Here's what he said about it: For translation back-and-forth fun, http://translationparty.com/ is strangely addictive. You put in a phrase and it puts it back-and-forth into Google Translate to Japanese and back, until it "stabilizies." I once put in a bunch of different quotes and created an "identify the original quotes" puzzle: http://onigame.livejournal.com/43395.html I really liked his puzzle... and got inspired to create one of my…

  • Kid Games Review: Hungry Wolves

    Mark (aka pastor guy)
    19 Nov 2009 | 11:06 am
    Hungry Wolves (Würfelwölfe) designer: Marco Teubner publisher: Haba date: 2009 BoardGameGeek rank/rating: not ranked/7.50 age: 5+ # of players: 2-4 print status: in print cost: $12.59 (maukilo.com) One of my favorite Haba games from 2008 was the delightful push-your-luck dice game, Cheese Snatching, which was part of the "Bring-Along" line from Haba. ("Bring-Along" is Haba-ese for "small yellow box that's slightly larger than a paperback book.") So when I saw that Haba was doing another dice game, I was very excited. Hungry Wolves isn't a push-your-luck game, however... it's a real-time…

  • Kid Games Review: At Full Throttle

    Mark (aka pastor guy)
    18 Nov 2009 | 10:05 am
    At Full Throttle designer: Robert Fraga publisher: Habadate: 2009BoardGameGeek rank/rating: not ranked/6.43 age: 5+ # of players: 2-4 print status: in print cost: $8.99 (maukilo.com)Robert Fraga, the designer of At Full Throttle, is the Genius of Real-Time Gaming. He's the mad scientist behind Treasure, Ready, Go!Dancing EggsSquad Seven & Trotofant. (For the non-gamers in the audience, "real time" games are those in which players are racing against each other simaltaneously. A common real-time game that a lot of non-gamers know is Double Solitaire, also known as Dutch Blitz or Ligretto.)…

  • The Origins Project

    Mark (aka pastor guy)
    17 Nov 2009 | 11:25 am
    Ancient Text. Present Context. Future Textures. “For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God…” (Acts 5:38-39 NIV) Our Passions: Jesus, Humanity, and Innovation Jesus: Jesus and the inspired Scriptures are our guide for everything we do. Humanity: God's extreme love for people infuses this mission with urgency. Innovation: Creativity will be normative for our mission. First major Origins event - Los Angeles, July 22-24 2010We have a date for our first…
 
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  • The Settlers Of Catan Travel Edition

    8 Nov 2009 | 4:24 am
    The Settlers of Catan travel edition is played in exactly the same way as the standard Settlers of Catan board game.  The games comes with a game board, 10 terrain tiles and 9 harbors.  It has 16 cities, 20 settlements, 60 roads and 1 robber.  Included are 95 resource cards and 25 development cards, 4 building cost cards and 2 victory point cards, two dice and the rulebook. The greatest thing about the Settlers of Catan travel edition is the specially designed board.  As with the original game, the board is hex shaped.  In the travel edition the board is about 8…

  • The Settlers Of Catan Card Game

    8 Nov 2009 | 4:24 am
    The Settlers of Catan card game contains 120 cards, 1 production die, 1 event die, 1 knight token, 1 windmill token and a rule book. The rule book is 32 pages so this is a very brief overview of the game which is very complex. The one advantage of the card game is that it is designed for two players, unlike the Settlers of Catan board game which requires at least three players. There is a variation of the board game in the Traders and Barbarians of Catan Expansion Pack that does allow for two players. The initial setup for this game is quite complex and somewhat time consuming. Each player…

  • Traders and Barbarians of Catan

    8 Nov 2009 | 4:24 am
    The Traders and Barbarians of Catan Expansion Pack contains almost 100 new wooden pieces for use in the game. There are 22 camels, 36 barbarians, a set of knights, bridges and wagons for each player. The figures are well designed. There are 120 cards including Catan event cards, new development cards, wagon technology cards and reference cards. There are new terrain tiles, new victory point cards and other pieces for different scenarios. A rule book for this expansion pack is included. This variation of the game includes a friendly robber, who can't attack a player with less than 3…

  • Cities and Knights of Catan Expansion

    8 Nov 2009 | 4:24 am
    The Cities and Knights of Catan Expansion Pack is made to be used with the original Settlers of Catan board game.  The original game allows for four players, with the expansion pack, up to six players can participate.  The Cities and Knights expansion can be used with the Seafarers expansion and the original game creating  additional complexity and interest for the game. The Cities and Knights Expansion pack contains 1 barbarian tile, 36 commodity cards, 54 progress cards, 6 defender of Catan Victory Point cards, 4 development flip charts, 12 city walls, 24 knights, 3…

  • Seafarers of Catan Expansion

    8 Nov 2009 | 4:24 am
    The Seafarers of Catan expansion pack is an addition for the original Settlers of Catan board game. You must have the original game to use the expansion pack. The Seafarers expansion pack allows the addition of two more players, so instead of 4 players you can have 5 or 6. While players noted that the additional players make the game longer, they enjoyed the challenge that more players added and did not consider longer play a problem. The expansion pack also adds complexity and more elements to the original. The Seafarers of Catan Expansion pack includes 14 additional edge pieces that expand…
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