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Of Gourds and Gods: The Art of an Ancient Chinese Board Game
Once a traditional Spring Festival pastime, this 2,000-year-old game integrates elements of fantasy and imperial culture.
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The Best Adult Board Games, According to Cool People
who runs the popular Instagram page Board Games As Art. Strategist senior writer Liza Corsillo discovered this game by way of her “strategy-game connoisseur” brother and it quickly became a ...
Archaeologists Discovered the Pieces of a Fifth-Century Board Game. They Tell a Big Story.
The games in questions could be either Ludus Latrunculi or Doudecim Scripta, both of which were known board games played with bone pieces by Roman soldiers in the fifth century. Celikbas said both are ...
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As board games boom, one Portland-area group brings new games and new friends to the table
“This game is completely chaotic,” Cheves said. “It can be played with up to 12 simultaneous players and we’ve done it once on the pool table.” The art deco-style board for a ...
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The Best Board Games for Kids, According to Experts
who runs the popular Instagram page Board Games As Art. For a lightning-quick, pick-and-pass-style card game, Lauren Bilanko, a co-owner of Twenty Sided Store, suggests Sushi Go!, which she says ...