In what may be the most productive event of the current Bush visit to the Middle East, Laura Bush stopped by a mixed Arab and Jewish school to play cards.

The game isn’t named, but according to the source, they played with colorful cards illustrated with pictures of animals. Go Fish?

(source)

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Celebrated Bolllywood actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Aamir Khan loves Settlers of Catan, according to a post on his blog.

Getting back to Settlers of Catan, it’s a wonderful game. You must try it if you are fond of board games.

(source, image)

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I received the following email from Shubha Galgali:

We are a group of MBA students from the Paul Merage School of Business, UC Irvine. We are working on a project for our class Edge that explores how technology (specifically, web 2.0 tools) and globalization are transforming the business landscape. As a part of our project, we have created an Amazon web store with the theme of Game Night. We sell popular games for game night on our web store and 4% of proceeds will be donated to Kiva.org or Global Giving.

4% isn’t much, but if you’re going to be buying games anyway, it’s better than nothing.

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After Worlds will be a new campaign setting for Iron Crown’s HARP SF from something or someone called Cloven Fruit Games.

The setting is a post-apocalyptic world and daily life is a constant struggle. It’s due out in November.

(announcement)

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Games for Educators is the brainchild of Mary Couzin (of the Chicago Toy & Game Fair) and Patrick Matthews (of Live Oak Games).

According to the site, “GamesForEducators.com is your source for everything having to do with games and educators. Whether you are a teacher, a librarian, a homeschooler, or even a game company trying to keep track of how games are being used in the classroom, this site is for you.”

Actually, games for educators is already a pretty crowded field, but I wish them luck.

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