The Seattle Times reports on a chess venue situated on Seattle’s most dangerous intersection.
A local named Ray Wright Jr (”Uncle Ray”) is trying to engage area residents in the game to give them something to do, other than hustle for drug money or commit violent crimes. Ray and his partner in the endeavor both learned [...]
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Traveller, one of the first sci-fi RPGs, returns in a new version from Mongoose publishing.
The first edition was published by GDW in 1977.
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120 teachers in Alberta’s Elk Island public school system are competing in a Scrabble fundraising tournament today.
Proceeds will go to African grandparents caring for the children of AIDS victims.
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Green Ronin Publishing is offering Savage Worlds Freeport Companion for fans of the Savage Worlds roleplaying system by Pinnacle Entertainment Group. The PDF supplement will support use of Green Ronin’s City of Freeport campaign setting with Savage Worlds rules. It includes details on fantasy races, new hindrances, edges, and arcane powers, statistics for both common [...]
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Rothay Manor offers specialized “gaming getaway weekends” at its resort, including weekends geared to Chess, Bridge, and Scrabble.
Along with scheduled game times and equipment, they offer lectures, tutorials, courses, and competitions, as well as the usual resort amenities.
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The Kentucky Kernel, a student-run publication at the University of Kentucky, recently ran a story on the games club. Sure it had the expected references to Mountain Dew, Cheetos, and “stereotypical gamer physique,” but it was also among the nicest social assessments of dedicated gamers that I’ve seen in a general publication. The article quoted [...]
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Game systems are open by default unless they are patented. In Wizards of the Coast’s case, they specifically designated their game system as an open gaming license with their third edition of Dungeons and Dragons. This was a good move, as thousands of products labeled themselves after the idea, boosting the D&D system in turn.
Apparently [...]
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Fantasy Flight Games, publisher of large scale Euro-war sci-fi games with lots of pieces and great artwork, is set to publish yet another space themed galactic conflict game, Gears of War. It’s also another space themed galactic conflict game based on a video game, ala Doom, Age of Empires, etc.
It is set to be released [...]
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City planners in Grand Rapids, Michigan, gave away free copies of a custom trivia game based on local areas called Green Pursuits. The game uses the Trivial Pursuit iconography and game play.
The idea is to spur discussion on what residents want to see in their parks and nature areas while simultaneously informing and entertaining.
Local residents [...]
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PsyX Games debuted MagnetX at the GAMA trade show, calling it a challenge to “the old genre by adding unique game-play that intersects physical senses with mental challenge.” (source)
Which is odd, since games with magnets are not new. Polarity is from 1986 and quite popular. Board Game Geek [...]
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