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Daily Mail: The Viking family buried with their favourite board games: Playing pieces were thought to entertain the dead in the afterlife.
Archaeologists have found board games at 36 Viking burials across Europe They were buried alongside Viking warriors but also with families Experts say it signifies the persons skill in the game and as a
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Baen: A Quantum of Consciousness
By John Lambshead “Every so often a new development in digital hardware or software is heralded as the beginning of artificial intelligence. And every time, I look at it and see a machine –
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Gaming Gang: Outside the Box: ‘Dawn of the Zeds Third Edition’ From Victory Point Games
By Jeff McAleer: “I take a look at the newest edition of Hermann Luttmann’s Dawn of the Zeds, from Victory Point Games. Up to four players can cooperate to try and stop the zombie hordes
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Victory Point Games: It’s the Summer Games Sale!
By the Staff of Victory Point Games: It’s the Summer Games Sale! From August 12th to the 15th (midnight to midnight U.S. Pacific time), we’re offering 15% off on select titles (the prices for
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“Final Act” from Tyto games goes live on Kickstarter
From the Tyto Games Staff: The Tyto Games folks– who made ELEMENTOS last year– have just launched a Kickstarter for “Final Act,” a game of abstract tank combat. Designed by an actual tank commander,
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War History Online: THE LOST BATTALION: HOW A PIGEON SAVED 200 LIVES IN WW1
“Major Charles Whittlesey knew the situation was desperate. Twenty-four hours earlier, on 2 October, 1918, he and his men had been ordered to advance againstheavily fortified German positions in the Argonne Forest in Northern
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HISTORIC 2ND KERNSTOWN – An-After-Action Report
By Claude Whalen: [Editor’s Note: Claude Whalen is the designer of the upcoming Revolution Games “First and Second Kernstown” in their “Blind Swords” series. He was also one of the main playtesters for Revolution’s
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