Richard Gottlieb writes in Playthings a bit on why playing with your kids is important and how we need more game stores.

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Boing Boing Gadgets tips us to this highly detailed fantasy chess chess coming from Lego.

I’m not entirely sure who will actually play it, but it serves well enough as apiece of art.

On the other hand, one could think of a few new rules that you could use just for this set, such as range attacks and extra points for carrying the head of your opponent’s knights back to base.

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Dr. Reiner Knizia’s Brainbenders is scheduled to be released for the Nintendo DS on April 18, 2008.

It will contain a range of puzzles and challenges set in various global locations. You will also be able to send the games to your friends and challenge them.

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