Pawnderings on Games

Read only if you're ready for a lump in your throat: http://armyofdude.blogspot.com/2007/09/real-deal.html

I grew up in a family that played board games, and my best friend's family played, too, so I got a lot of exposure to the limited stable...

Here's an interesting report about a supposedly secret Air Force working group drawing up plans for an air campaign against Iran: http:...

Another old-timer this week. My introduction to Monopoly came at my best friend's house when I was in grade school. Like most families, ...

A game must have something going for it to be in print for more than 7 decades, so the success of Sorry! since its 1934 debut deserves some ...

The Air Force lost track of some nukes recently: http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070904/NEWS01/70904040 Much of the ...

Now Craig's saying he might not go. I have very mixed feelings about this case. On the one hand, I think he's a hypocrite and he pro...

Apparently a couple dozen newspapers,including the Washington Post, are not publishing this Opus cartoon out of fears that it might offend M...

One of the truisms of fighting a counterinsurgency is the information war is vital. One unfortunate corollary of this is that there's a...

The President rattled some more sabers against Iran yesterday in a speech before the American Legion. Glenn Greenwald has a long post today...

An excellent laying of the blame where it truly belongs: http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2007/08/more-grit-hilzo.html#t...

Sad to say, the "Flour Terrorist" story was right here in Connecticut, too. John Cole of Balloon Juice has an excellent summary h...

About 25 years ago I remember backgammon had a surge in popularity. It seemed like everybody had a leather-bound travel case with them. The ...

Well, this year I was able to pop in to the WBC for a day, at least. I had a good time, if not a particularly successful one, at the con. I...

The Iraqi parliament has left for a month-long vacation, although it doesn't appear that they'll be particularly missed, as they...

During a visit to Jamaica last summer I was struck by how much of a game-playing culture it was -- of at least one game, anyway, dominoes. I...

Chess, similar to Go, is a tough game for the "gamer" to get into. By a "gamer" I mean the sort of person who likes game...

One of my more amusing past times is tracking down made-up quotes attributed to famous people. I happened to come across one today that sou...

Got my copy Saturday morning and started reading after lunch. Aside from one break I read until I was done. When I have some time, I plan to...

It isn't often boardgames make the news, but a rather big deal was made this week of checkers being "solved" by a computer pr...