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IT’S NOT MONOPOLY, IT’S YOU

IT’S NOT MONOPOLY, IT’S YOU

by | Mar 25, 2019 | Articles

Maybe the game so many love to hate is really not so bad I recall enjoying Monopoly as a child, but I haven’t wanted to actually play it in forever.  The “high summer” of my discontent (in junior high), was my suspicion that the game was all about blind luck. But...

Interesting game . . . but is it Accessible?

by | Mar 21, 2019 | Articles

Game designer Brandon Rollins (of http://Brandonthegamedev.com) put it the best way I’ve heard so far: board-game accessibility “is a very complex issue that’s hard to talk about succinctly.” Earlier this year, I came across his post that introduced me to the work of...
SHOULD CHESS BE MANDATORY?

SHOULD CHESS BE MANDATORY?

by | Mar 18, 2019 | Articles

In 2011, Armenia instituted mandatory chess instruction in schools, starting at age 6. Armenia is proud of its prowess at chess, and rightly so; it ranks third in the world in chess grandmasters per capita, second only to Iceland and Andorra. Grandmasters are...