The Lewis Chessmen is a collection of 93 Chess pieces from the 12th century carved from walrus tusks. They were discovered on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland.

The British Museum currently holds and displays 82 of these pieces, while the other 11 are in the National Museum of Scotland. This has a number of Scots irked, including Alex Salmond, First Minister of Scotland, Linda Fabiani, Scottish Minister for Europe, and several Scottish National Party politicians.

I’m curious as to what game required (at least) 93 Chess pieces to play. I’d ask this lady, but I’m too scared.

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Gorilla Games is developing a new party game from Jeff Siadek called Who Would Win?

“Two players draw random character cards and turn up a random event card. Each player argues for 20 seconds as to why their character would win [that event]. The other players serve as the jury and vote on which player had the better argument.”

To the most popular player goes the spoils.

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Following a recent judge’s ruling on yet another case of citizens arrested for a private gambling game, South Carolina  senators have submitted bills asking for the antiquated anti-gambling laws of the state to be laid to rest. SC’s anti-gambling laws are so vague, that even a non-money game of Monopoly could get you arrested, at least in theory.

One bill would legalize private social gambling where the house doesn’t make money. Another would legalize charity raffles.

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