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How Many 9-Letter Words Can You Make With Airport Codes?
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How Many 9-Letter Words Can You Make With Airport Codes?

Perth + Chattanooga + Nice = PERCHANCE
March 29, 2018
The Wild Ancient Greek Drinking Game That Required Throwing Wine
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The Wild Ancient Greek Drinking Game That Required Throwing Wine

Strategic flicking was the name of this game, known as kottabos.
February 19, 2018
How the Design of Dice Evolved Over Time
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How the Design of Dice Evolved Over Time

2,000 years of dicey odds.
February 06, 2018
Wishlist: 'Diplomacy' the Board Game
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Wishlist: 'Diplomacy' the Board Game

It's like "Risk" but with more talking (and less board-flipping).
January 24, 2018
The Plaza de Toros de Acho
Cercado de Lima, Peru

Plaza de Toros de Acho

This bullring in Lima is the oldest in the Americas and the second-oldest in the world.
-12.0413, -77.0232
Added by Tony Dunnell
La Tour-de-Peilz castle.
Lac Léman, Switzerland

Swiss Museum of Games

A Swiss board game museum housed inside a picture-perfect castle.
46.4527, 6.8547
Added by Meg
The Impossible Task of Reconstructing the Rules to an Ancient Board Game
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The Impossible Task of Reconstructing the Rules to an Ancient Board Game

How would you figure out Monopoly with no instructions and half the pieces missing?
January 11, 2018
Christmas Risengrød
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Christmas Risengrød

This Danish rice pudding appeases wicked elves.
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Added by Sarah Laskow
Welcome to Interactive Fiction: You're a Wizard-Sniffing Pig
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Welcome to Interactive Fiction: You're a Wizard-Sniffing Pig

How text-based games are changing way we tell stories.
December 01, 2017
Goon Sack
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Goon Sack

The least interesting thing Australians do with these giant, inflatable wine bags is drink from them.
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Added by rachelrummel
Freddi Arcade & Toys.
Reykjavik, Iceland

Freddi Arcade & Toys Museum

A vintage video game wonderland in downtown Reykjavik.
64.1464, -21.9338
Added by wintermute
Meet the 2017 Nominees for the National Toy Hall of Fame
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Meet the 2017 Nominees for the National Toy Hall of Fame

Transformers, Risk, and sand are among the potential honorees.
September 13, 2017
The International Hide and Seek Championship Starts Today
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The International Hide and Seek Championship Starts Today

Start counting backward from 100.
September 08, 2017
Piazza dell'Anfiteatro in Lucca.
Lucca, Italy

Piazza dell'Anfiteatro

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.
43.8453, 10.5061
Added by Dr Alan P Newman
Welcome to the Under the Pier Show.
Southwold, England

Under the Pier Show

A chaotic collection of coin-operated slot machines designed to delight and disturb in equal measure.
52.3308, 1.6848
Added by Capemarsh
Smoking the Fool, the prelude to the contest.
Haxey, England

The Haxey Hood

One of England's oldest ongoing games is basically a town-wide scrummage that aims to push a leather tube into a local pub.
53.4898, -0.8383
Added by Dr Alan P Newman
The mural on Hasenhaus.
Vienna, Austria

Wolf and Cow Playing Backgammon Mural

A silly medieval mural preserved on the side of a Viennese house.
48.2089, 16.3762
Added by ahvenas
The Nazi Board Games of World War II
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The Nazi Board Games of World War II

These relics of wartime propaganda and anti-Semitism were designed for playtime.
April 27, 2017