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Chess is booming among teens

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Ain't it funny how the knight moves?

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On the insanity of being a Scrabble enthusiast

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Duck Chess

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A pair of dice which never roll 7 (2004)

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The Landlord's Game

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When the prison banned board games, we played chess in our minds

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Diplomacy: The Board Game of the Alpha Nerds (2014)

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Taikyoku Shogi

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Winner of French Scrabble Title Does Not Speak French (2015)

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Tetris: The Soviet 'mind game' that took over the world (2019)

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My Kid Lost a Game of 'Magic' to Its Creator But Scored a Piece of Its Art

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Man wins French Scrabble championship without speaking a word of French (2015)

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Kriegspiel

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Survival in chessland [pdf]

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Riichi Mahjong Strategy Books

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The Board Game of the Alpha Nerds (2014)

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Worst Puzzle Ever (2009)

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The Mind: Most polarizing card game of the year?

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Twenty years of speedcubing (2003)

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The N-Queens completion problem is NP-hard

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An Indian village addicted to chess

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The Story of Tetris

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Nigerians Dominate Scrabble Tournaments Using Five-Letter Word Strategy

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A cheating scandal in the world of professional bridge

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A French Scrabble champion who doesn't speak French

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The Man Who Made Tetris

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The Board Game of the Alpha Nerds

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The Man Who Built Catan

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Prison Switcharoo

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A GeekDad’s 8-Year Old Daughter Reinvents Chess

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Worst. Puzzle. Ever.

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Perfect German Board Game Redefines Genre

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