Category: Games
US Chess Federation Seeks to Oust 2 Board Members New York Times, United States - By DYLAN LOEB McCLAIN Chess may be genteel, but a rift among the board members of the United States Chess Federation, the game’s governing body, Knight Raiders chess team ties for 13th in recent national competition |
 Washington Times | BOOKS: Power politics over a chess board Washington Times, DC - By Daniel Johnson Thought to have originated in India in the sixth century AD, the beautiful game of chess finally has returned home. |
Nuevas Fronteras students love chess South Washington County Bulletin, MN - Although students are encouraged to speak Spanish at chess, most use English for the game. (Bulletin photo by Judy Spooner) Club members have T-shirts that |
 Tampabay.com | Chess gaining popularity with bay area youngsters Tampabay.com, FL - Teachers, too, are warming up to a game that centers on math and critical thinking skills. In navigating a chess board, students absorb the fine points of |
Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ups Share Repurchase Plan Trading Markets (press release), CA - content including massively multi-player online role-playing games (MMORPGs) and casual online games in China, as well as online chess and board games, |
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Closeup of chess board with a few chess pieces.
THE SIMPSONS NEWS
Saw the Simpsons montage that you guys helped out on this week. It was sooo darn funny. It’s really good. The writers, when they saw it, liked it so much, that they wanted more shots put in it. Lucky for us, we weren’t able to use all the suggestions we had, so we still have lots of shots left to put in. It’s going to be great. Even when you know it’s coming, when you see it, it’s just so funny. The way it’s put together is fantastic. I’m now working on storyboard revisions on the show and I have to add a few things to it that will make it even better. Everyone who helped should pat themselves on the back. It’s a great gag thanks to you guys.
BOARD GAMES
I play board games once in a while but I rarely write about doing so in this blog anymore. Mostly because it’s a bit difficult to write about it and make it seem exciting. It’s just something that happens and it’s fun when it does. Sometimes the playing of a game reinforces my opinion of a game (such as when a few weeks ago, we played another game of Age of Empires III: The Age of Discovery. The game is just so great) and sometimes it makes me re-evaluate a game (such as two weekends ago when we played The Settlers of Catan. I’m actually thinking I want to buy an expansion for it, because I think the game needs a bit more “oomf”. It needs to be a little more complex for me. I still like the game though).
Age of Empires III: The Age of Discovery board game (pictured above. Picture from BGG)
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