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This is a list of board games. See the article on game classification for other alternatives, or see Category:Board games for a list of board game articles. Board games are games with rules, a playing surface, and tokens that enable interaction between or among players as players look down at the playing surface and face each other. [ 1 ]
A very short miniature attributed to Gibaud and Frédéric Lazard is frequently reproduced in chess literature, [5] [6] sometimes with the claim that it was the shortest game ever played between masters in a formal setting. [5] In its shortest and most commonly reproduced version, the game consists of four moves by each player.
The history of games dates to the ancient human past. [3] Games are an integral part of all cultures and are one of the oldest forms of human social interaction. Games are formalized expressions of play which allow people to go beyond immediate imagination and direct physical activity. Common features of games include uncertainty of outcome ...
The match-three game Bejeweled was originally going to be called, simply, Diamond Mine -- not exactly the most compelling name. Eventually it was changed to Bejeweled, even though it didn't go ...
Fool's mate was named and described in The Royal Game of Chess-Play, a 1656 text by Francis Beale that adapted the work of the early chess writer Gioachino Greco. [2]Prior to the mid-19th century, there was not a prevailing convention as to whether White or Black moved first; according to Beale, the matter was to be decided in some prior contest or decision of the players' choice. [3]
Game Over, by David Sheff; Playing the Past: History and Nostalgia in Video Games, edited by Zach Whalen, and Laurie N. Taylor; The Rough Guide To Videogames, by Karen Berens and Geoff Howard; Ultimate Supercade: A Visual History of the Videogame Age 1971–1984, by Van Burnham; The Ultimate History of Video Games, by Steve L. Kent
In the most important inning of the season, Woonsocket takes care of Ponaganset in a "game" to earn top seed from Division II-A.
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