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The Telegraph: The Ides of March – The assassination of Julius Caesar and how it changed the world

The Telegraph: The Ides of March – The assassination of Julius Caesar and how it changed the world

Other March 17, 2016 0

Caesar’s death paved the way for the Roman empire after a bloody cycle of civil wars, and secured him the hallowed immortality he always craved By Dominic Selwood “Spurinna was a haruspex. His calling

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Firefly the Game (Gale Force Nine) Review by Marco Arnaudo

Firefly the Game (Gale Force Nine) Review by Marco Arnaudo

Other March 17, 2016 0

Review by Professor Marco Arnaudo

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Battle

Battle

Other March 14, 2016 0

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Wargamers

Wargamers

Other March 13, 2016 0

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Foreign Policy: Launch Your Own Gaza War

Foreign Policy: Launch Your Own Gaza War

Other March 4, 2016 0

BY MICHAEL PECK “Wargame designer Paul Rohrbaugh has just created a board game based on the recent Israel-Hamas conflict. He is playtesting “A Reign of Missiles” to tweak the rules, and he wants your

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Washington Post: Google just mastered a game that vexed scientists — and their machines — for decades

Washington Post: Google just mastered a game that vexed scientists — and their machines — for decades

Other March 2, 2016 0

By Matt McFarland January 27 “Artificial intelligence took a historic step forward Wednesday when a Google team announced that it taught a machine to master the ancient Chinese game Go, a feat researchers have

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Books, Games, whatever

Books, Games, whatever

Other March 2, 2016 0

What I need is more shelves and more walls. I like my Kindle, but there is just nothing like an overstuffed chair in your own library.   (H/T: The photo has been floating around

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PJ Media: 4 Mentally Stimulating Board Games to Challenge Your Teens on Family Game Night

PJ Media: 4 Mentally Stimulating Board Games to Challenge Your Teens on Family Game Night

Other March 2, 2016 0

BY BRIAN BOYER DECEMBER 22, 2015 “At a certain point in your children’s lives, the simplicity of Chutes and Ladders and the redundancy of Connect 4 start to set in. As teenagers, they’re already toiling away at

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Washington Post: Monopoly is changing again–and some parents are not going to like it

Washington Post: Monopoly is changing again–and some parents are not going to like it

Other March 1, 2016 0

By Lindsey Bever February 19 “Remember when true success was measured by the height of your Monopoly cash stack? These days, it’s calculated with your credit score. In an attempt to keep the classic board game relevant to our

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PJ Media: What’s the Single Most Disruptive Technology in Role-Playing Games?

PJ Media: What’s the Single Most Disruptive Technology in Role-Playing Games?

Other March 1, 2016 0

BY MOE LANE FEBRUARY 27, 2016 “What’s the single most disruptive in-game technology in either computer or pen-and-paper roleplaying games (RPGs)? ….” Read More Here:

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