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I’ll take “Randomonium” for $800  #triviatuesday

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How Artist Simon Denny Is Turning Board Games Into Hilarious Critiques of Digital Capitalism | artnet News

By remixing game-night favorites like Settlers of Catan, Simon Denny is using entertainment to interrogate the values of startup culture.

An artist taking the original concept of the landlord’s game and running with it. I love seeing games in art.

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Raise your hand if you’ve done it.

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I’ll take “Toys and Games” for $200  #triviatuesday

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This month, we talked about board games in myth and legend, let’s keep History theme rolling and look at board games in western fine art.

http://boardgamereferences.com/2018/06/25/people-painting-board-games-into-fine-art/

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This is a post about the New Game Journalism philosophy as applied to tabletop games. We need to be doing better when we talk about what it means to play games and why people should care.

A really in-depth look at board game journalism. A lot of interesting points, what do my board game journalism peeps think?

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The ultimate sign of respect.

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I’ll take “The rules of the game” for $1,000  #triviatuesday

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ICYMI: Last week we talked about board games in myth and legend. Like, did you know that, according to the Brahmajāla Sutta, Gautama Buddha had a list of games he would not play: Games on boards with 8 or 10 rows, Games of throwing dice, and more. Why? Read on at: http://boardgamereferences.com/2018/06/11/10-times-board-games-into-your-myth-and-legend/

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There Was A 1908 Board Game About Women Fighting Cops In The Streets

Over 100 years ago, a board game was released called Suffragetto. The game pitted Suffragettes—women seeking the right to vote—against London police, with players basically orchestrating running street battles between the groups.

Filed under historic board games.

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Just. . . no.

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I’ll take “The Rules of the Game” for $600.  #triviatuesday

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The Impossible Task of Reconstructing the Rules to an Ancient Board Game

How would you figure out Monopoly with no instructions and half the pieces missing?

Board Games as a link to the past.

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I’ll take “The name of the board game” for $1,000. This one’s a bit trickier.  #triviatuesday

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Next Week we’re talking about board game references in myth and legend. Like  Satō Tadanobu, a samurai who was ambushed and beat his attackers to death with a go board.

What’re your favorite myths and legends involving board games?

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Women playing board game in Mecca's holy mosque spark controversy

The now-viral image caused quite the stir on Saudi Twitter

This is certainly the most controversial the game “Sequence” has ever gotten.