Craig Nottage decided that, for the final year of his design course at the University of South Australia, he would redesign the common pool table. His new design is a sleek metal frame with a glass top covered with a transparent film that simulates the friction of a felt top.

Then he formed a company to sell them at $25,000 a pop.

In case you think this is the only thing weird that’s been done with a pool table, ever hear of the round pool table? Here are a few other strange ones.

(source, hat tip)

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Drury’s chapter of SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) created a new financial board game this year: Choice and Chance Finance.  Up to six players choose the optimal path between directly going to work or to college (and I thought The Game of Life taught us that one 150 years ago). Teachers can get a five-pack of these games for $150.

This isn’t Drury SIFE’s first game. They also created a game B-cubed, aimed at educating college students about their credit choices. It’s undergoing play-testing in the field.

And alumni Kevin Richardson’s M.A. portfolio includes the board game OCCABOT, aimed at educating about the dangers of tobacco usage. You can pick up a copy for a pricey $175.

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The Morning Call of Pennsylvania goes strategy game crazy today as part of their series called Our Winter Games:

• Risk and Monopoly give way to games that require more cooperation and negotiation: Gamers find a new strategy is a feature article on Eurogaming, and where to find and play games near Allentown, PA.
• A New Generation of Board Games describes some popular Eurogames and where to find them, including Puerto Rico, Pandemic, Arkham Horror, The Settlers of Catan, and Ticket to Ride.
• Foundation Hill man invents 50 games tells about Bret Talbert, inventor of JING, fuey!, and DUPE.

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