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Eye Know Visual Trivia Game

Eye Know is a new visual trivia game from Don’t Quote Me.

Each turn, you choose a picture to identify, after which you can choose to answer a yes or no, multiple choice, or open question about the subject. The harder the question, the more you earn for answering it correctly.

You also score points for identifying multiples of the same types of objects, or one of each of the five types.

Berkhamsted Has a New Game

Berkhamsted, UK’s chamber of commerce released a new board game after “months of development”.

From the article, it sounds like a trivia game about the area. It retails for £25. It’s only available locally.

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Teaching Iowa Police How to Cheat

The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation runs it’s own casino where it teaches it’s investigators how to cheat at gambling.

After learning the skills in “Gaming Lab” in Des Moines, investigators then go to one of the state’s 17 registered casinos to try to spot any illegal activities.

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Island of Death

Avalanche Press is shipping this week Island of Death: The Invasion of Malta 1942. The game explores what might have happened if the Axis powers had followed through with their plans to invade Malta during World War II. Avalanche ranks the game among their more complex offerings but suggests that a scenario will only take a few hours to play because of the island’s small size.