A student at Loyola College is said to have created a Chess board “in a space of only 0.25 cm”. I’m assuming that that means 2.5 mm by 2.5 mm, but it might mean 5 mm by 5 mm.

Either way, the previous record is 24 mm by 24 mm, but included the pieces.

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An early Chess puzzle book by Franciscan friar Luca Pacioli contains many beautiful illustrations which are now believed to have been drawn by Leonardo Da Vinci.

The book, De ludo scacchorum, is further evidence that Da Vinci may have played Chess.

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Video game publisher Majesco has released a version of Blokus for the Playstation Portable.  Blokus Portable: Steambot Championship combines the popular abstract’s gameplay with characters and visual elements from the Steambot Chronicles video game.  The electronic version of the game also promises online and local multiplayer modes.

The actual gameplay seems identical to the board game version, but at a retail price of $20, Blokus Portable: Steambot Championship offers an affordable and portable way for PSP-owning fans to play the game.

(Press Release)

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Venerable Strategy & Tactics Magazine, the wargame periodcal originally founded in 1966, now has a new website. Publisher Decision Games has also just shipped issue number 248. While found on many newsstands, subscriptions to Strategy & Tactics are also available with a game in every issue. The current issue’s game is “First Blood, Second Marne.”

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Kenzer & Company, publisher of HackMaster, Aces & Eights, and the Kingdoms of Kalamar, wants you to know that Knights of the Dinner Table is not just a comic book, but is actually a full-fledged gaming magazine. Toward that end they are giving away a recent issue for free download.

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