Pinochle, according to her latest ad campaigns:

… I was raised on pinochle and the American Dream

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The movie Ice Age 3 isn’t due until July, 2009, but deals are already in the works to produce the puzzles, cards, and board games that are (obviously) required to turn a profit.

Ravensberger, the licensee, says: “The licence [sic] has a proven track record on box office receipts and merchandise sales. And it’s a growing phenomenon – the franchise grew with the second film.”

Wow. Makes me want to play the game already. :-(

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Several Pokemon events in Japan in response to a blackmail letter threatening to disrupt the events.

The source doesn’t give any details as to the nature or motive behind the threat.

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David McDonough recounts a ten day task to design a playable board game set by Brenda Brathwaite in her class on Game Design Criticism and Analysis at Savannah College of Art and Design.

The game had to be play tested and fun. It’s a fascinating walk through the design process, settling on and discarding themes, false starts, prototypes, and play testing.

(the article)

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Boing Boing is hosting a game of “Pre-Cogs vs Replicants”, aka Mafia, aka Werewolf, on the #boingboing IRC channel today at 1pm EST.

Bring you’re wiles and guile.

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Dozens of families in Delaware were bilked out of money after signing their children up to an afternoon Chess club that never happened. It was a scam set up by a con-artist who took the money and ran.

The story goes into details of how background checks should have been done and so on, but it also mentions that this same guy ran legitimate Chess programs in previous years at other schools. To me, that makes it sound like this year’s scam was more of a sudden decision than a long term scheme.

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