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unusual facts about board games



Chelsea Davis

When she is not doing gymnastics, her hobbies include video games, board games and NASCAR.

Danny MacFayden

According to Charles Bukowski's childhood friend Harold Mortenson, in the 1930s, the two played a statistics-intensive baseball game akin to Strat-O-Matic that involved two dice and two manuals that was marketed under Danny MacFayden's name when he was with the Boston Bees.


see also

Alburquerque

Alquerque, considered the parent of the draughts (checkers) board games.

Anthony E. Pratt

Parlett, David, The Oxford History of Board Games: Oxford University Press,1999, ISBN 0-19-212998-8

Cartamundi

Cartamundi, also called Carta Mundi, is a Belgian company, based in Turnhout, that produces and sells board games, card games, collectible card games, packages and playing cards through its manufacturing and sales subsidiaries.

Cooperative board game

Early developers of popular cooperative board games include Jim Deacove of Family Pastimes (inventor of Max the Cat) and Ken Kolsbun of Child and Nature (inventor of Save the Whales.) In 2000, Reiner Knizia published Lord of the Rings which influenced a number of subsequent titles, including Shadows Over Camelot, and Battlestar Galactica.

Dario De Toffoli

More recent games have had a more mainstream focus such as Sudoku and Kakuro board games and themed board games such as for the Totally Spies! cartoon series.

Game Gurus

The first two rounds consist of a variation of board games like Jenga or Scrabble.

Little Heroes Foundation

Other fund-raising activities include charity golf events, special event Luncheons, and sales from specialist items such as modified versions of the popular board games, Monopoly and Trivial Pursuit.

Pacesetter

Pacesetter Ltd, a defunct company that published role-playing and board games

Playtest

Crowdfunding has a big impact on board and card games and Got Game Testers were the first to bring video footage of games they playtest to demonstrate what people look for in board games.

Quicksilver Software

The company also developed two online games for the Rich Dad line of financial education games, based on the board games CASHFLOW 101 and CASHFLOW 202.

Simul

For the term as used in chess and other board games, see Simultaneous exhibition.