Saturday, October 31, 2009
Games Other Than Chess: A Little News
I found both of these articles of interest.
APSU artist releases book of paper chess pieces
October 30, 2009
(Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee)
“When I was 5 years old, my dad had worked at the New York World’s Fair, and he had gone to the Dutch Pavilion and he bought this kit – make your own medieval village,” Black said. “One night after supper, we cleared the dining room table and cut everything out and glued everything together. It was like magic. I thought, ‘wow, I want to do that.’”
Entrepreneurs roll the dice on board game industry
Friday, Oct. 30, 2009
by Erin Donaghue Staff Writer
Xtreme Takeover - a game that looks like chess and checkers, but isn't
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But back to chess, Jan, I just came across an article that might interest you: The Games of Chess and Backgammon in Sasanian Persia
All the best,
Judith
Hola Judith,
Thanks so much for the article link. I sent it to our webmaster who, I am sure, will add it to our list of online articles/resources.
Jan
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