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BBC: Richard III: More than 5,000 people visit Leicester Cathedral coffin
More than 5,000 people have visited Leicester Cathedral to view Richard III’s coffin before his remains are reintered on Thursday. The king’s casket went on display on Monday morning and people waited up to
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FiveThirtyEightLife: The Worst Board Games Ever Invented
By Oliver Roeder Last week, I dove into the data and design of Twilight Struggle — the best board game on the planet, according to the popular gaming site BoardGameGeek. I spoke with game’s designer,
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The National Interest: Five Ways D-Day Could Have Been a Disaster
By Michael Peck: General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s face was grim but composed as he read a short message to the assembled group of reporters on the morning of June 7, 1944. “Our landings in
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The National Interest: Five Ways Japan Could Have Won World War II
By James Holmes Let’s face it. Imperial Japan stood next to no chance of winning a fight to the finish against the United States. Resolve and resources explain why. So long as Americans kept
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New York Times: Monopoly’s Inventor – The Progressive Who Didn’t Pass ‘Go’
By Mary Pilon For generations, the story of Monopoly’s Depression-era origins delighted fans almost as much as the board game itself. The tale, repeated for decades and often tucked into the game’s box along
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The National Interest: Hitler’s Last Stand – Why the Battle of the Bulge Still Matters
By Michael Peck: The attack began with a barrage from 1,600 guns and rocket launchers that pounded trenches and command posts. Then came waves of tanks and infantry that surged out of the winter
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April 1861: Historical Fiction as Told Through The Poetry Of Donald E. Allen
By Amazon Staff: April 1861 by Donald E. Allen is a piece of historical fiction as told through poetic verse. Each poem recounts a day of the month of April in the year of
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NYT: How the Civil War Created College Football
By Amanda Brickell Bellows At a ceremony in Cambridge, Mass., on June 10, 1890, the philanthropist Henry Lee Higginson declared, “I ask to make [Soldiers Field] a memorial to some dear friends who gave their
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New York Times: High-Tech Push Has Board Games Rolling Again
By NICK WINGFIELD MERCER ISLAND, Wash. — Dan Shapiro sold a company to Google and worked at Microsoft. His name is on nearly a dozen technology-related patents. But when it came time for his latest
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Forbes: Are Board Games Better Than Video Games?
By Erik Kain Quintin Smith has an interesting post over at Kotaku in which he argues that board games and pen-and-paper RPGs are superior to video games, for a number of reasons. For one, he argues, technology
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