Thanks to everyone who entered Purple Pawn’s SET game giveaway. Between comments, links to the site, and entries on the special BGG list (a well-known secret method of getting additional entries), we counted 39 entries.

Using a sophisticated randomizing algorithm, we have determined the winning entry: The Doctor, for his entry:

I graduated in purple. I got married in purple. Purple rocks.

Indeed it does. Thank you all for your entries, comments, and links! If he doesn’t contact us first, we’ll send The Doctor a geekmail to let him know he won. Everyone, spread the word, send us news items, and consider volunteering to be a reporter for PP – we still need more regular authors!

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An Iranian chess master playing in Dubai was caught using his mobile phone to receive moves sent to him from some friend via Bluetooth. He may now lose his 2301 rating and faces a ban.

Gotta wonder.

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Lock and Load’s newest game in the World at War series is Blood and Bridges, a standalone game with reworked rules, beautiful map, 264 pieces, 12 scenarios, player’s aids, dice, and a “beer-resistant box”.

It’s the summer of 1985 and Soviet forces have punched deep into West Germany. The Red steamroller has taken a beating but managed to push through the American and West German defenses. Now it is up to the BAOR, British Army of the Rhine, to stop the massive Soviet juggernaut from taking all of Europe.

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Lots of people make fake Monopoly games to make political or humorous points, but Box.net’s Googolopoly not only comes with a board but cards and playing pieces in an eight page PDF download.

The blog post says that it’s a little defiant stand against Google’s gobbling up other companies, but as one commenter notes, wait and see what happens if Google ever offers to buy Box.net.

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On the occasion of The Colbert Report’s Pennsylvania presidential primary election coverage, The Philadelphia Inquirer highlights Stephen Colbert’s interest in Dungeons & Dragons for background on the host. Colbert’s love for D&D is no secret. The day after the designer’s passing, Colbert paid tribute to Gary Gygax to close out his show.

The Wausau Daily Herald reports on adults in their 30s and 40s proud to be gamers. Professionals and business owners though they may be, according to the accompanying photograph, the venue of choice is still the basement.

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Dijishy, a new fantasy roleplaying supplement from Kenzer & Company, is available in both Hackmaster and Dungeons & Dragons versions. The book describes an ancient city governed by the Inevitable Order of Time and serving as trading post, oasis, refuge, den of thieves, home of prophets, and site of the most ancient library on Tellene. Each version includes material specific to it’s system, such as new equipment, new classes, new feats, and new monsters.

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