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Old toys and classic games for a dip into past amusements
Expensive old toys Old toys and classic games are nowadays part of famous collections. Trains, planes and cars models, dolls and dollhouses, rocking horses, optical toys, wood construction, and all ot… more →
Games for your mind
Old toys and classic games for a dip into past amusements
Luk wrote 3 weeks ago: Expensive old toys Old toys and classic games are nowadays part of famous collections. Trains, plane … more →
Board games history: ancient Greeks played dices in the Parthenon
Luk wrote 1 month ago: Acropolis of Athens Once, on the Acropolis of Athens ancient Greeks used to play board games. They u … more →
Board games history: the Viking game of Tafl
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Luk wrote 1 month ago: Vikings The Tafl is an ancient Viking board game and also one of the oldest board games ever invente … more →
Board games history: Greek and Roman skill games
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Luk wrote 1 month ago: Greek and Roman games are one of the little known aspects of these ancient societies. In Hellenistic … more →
Famous board games history: the invention of Scrabble
Luk wrote 1 month ago: Scrabble is probably one of the most famous board games ever invented with over 100 million sets sol … more →
Board games History: the Japanese game of Gomoku
Luk wrote 1 month ago: the board and the pieces of Gomoku Gomoku (五目並べ) is a Japanese traditional logic board game, related … more →
Board games history: the Chinese game of Mahjong
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Luk wrote 2 months ago: The Mahjong (麻雀麻将), is a board game for four players, born in China at the beginning of the ninetee … more →
Board games history: the game of the goose in the Renaissance
Luk wrote 3 months ago: Egyptian gooses Ancient Italian goose game In 1640, a new board game called “Game of the goose” appe … more →
Board games history: Knights Templars and the triple square
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Luk wrote 3 months ago: Knights Templars The triple wall is the pattern of the popular board game called Nine Men’s Morris … more →
Games and toys in ancient Rome
Luk wrote 4 months ago: Dives in ancient Rome Games and toys such as dolls, hobbyhorses, balls, hand-carts, and many others … more →
World War II Monopoly
westernlady wrote 7 months ago: As written by Brian McMahon in Mental Floss Starting in 1941, an increasing number of British airme … more →
Experimental Games
mmmz wrote 7 months ago: In this study, I will primarily look at games. what they are and the history of games. … more →
Game Console Photo Spread
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writerscabal wrote 9 months ago: Think you know game consoles? Then take a walk down memory lane with Sande’s presentation at … more →
Bartle versus MMOs, but solutions are in sight
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writerscabal wrote 1 year ago: I cannot believe I missed this. Our new ION buddy Scott Jennings, who’s working on an unannou … more →
Game developers: Since you're voting...
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writerscabal wrote 2 years ago: Since you’re busy voting for the Writers Cabal’s South by Southwest panels (Voting ends … more →
Dungeons & Dragons, the essential RPG, turns 4
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writerscabal wrote 2 years ago: To round out our impromptu RPG week, we’d like to point out the latest news from GenCon: Dunge … more →
On the subject of fantasy RPGs...
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writerscabal wrote 2 years ago: … thought you might be amused by this nod to the granddaddy of RPGs, D&D. Watch for Jami G … more →
Essential RPGs: A list in progress
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writerscabal wrote 2 years ago: We’ve got a list of the essential RPGs making the rounds, from Rampant and Scorpia (check out … more →
Q & A from Writing for Fantasy Game Worlds
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writerscabal wrote 2 years ago: More from the Writing For Fantasy Game Worlds panel, presented by Writers Cabal and IGDA NYC: Part 1 … more →
