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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: board games

board games stories: 6 news summaries

(Newser) - San Francisco’s Lombard Street, “the crookedest street in the world,” will tomorrow be shut to traffic and set up as a giant Candy Land game board for sick kids, the Appeal reports. The event, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the kids’ board game, is being hailed... More »

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San Francisco • children • Hasbro • hospital • anniversary • board games • Candy Land • Lombard Street • crooked

ANALYSIS

How Board Games Screwed Up Your Fiscal Sense

Games teach excessive lending, scarce saving

Jun 16, 09 3:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s really no wonder Americans fouled up the financial system—fiscal irresponsibility was instilled in us at an early age by board games, observes Caitlin McDevitt for the Big Money. Among the poor lessons imparted by money games:
  • In Monopoly, the game’s bank can never go bust—
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social responsibility • list • finance • board games • housing crisis • Monopoly • financial crisis • The Game of Life • PayDay • Mall Madness

 'Zzz' Spells Discontent 
 for Scrabble Enthusiasts 

Some game fans lobby for rules change

Mar 18, 09 12:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - If you sigh in resignation every time you pull a Z or Q out of the Scrabble letter bag, new additions to the game’s official word list probably have you sighing in relief. But aficionados say the expanding list—now including “za,” “qi,” and “... More »

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game • dictionary • Scrabble • board games • controversy • Alfred Butts

 C-E-R-T-A-I-N Scrabble Winners

ZQFMGB not included

Aug 30, 08 10:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sure, Bart Simpson could fake it at Scrabble—but for those of us playing against a wit sharper than Homer's, here are some gems Mental Floss magazine dug up that actually mean something:
  • Cwm: A valley created by glacial shifts.
  • Adz: An axe-like woodworking tool.
  • Xu: The
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intelligence • mental health • Scrabble • board games • words • intelligence tests

Sellers, Fans at Odds Over Scrabulous

Companies debate legal action as 700K play online knock-off daily

Mar 2, 08 4:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Scrabble knock-off Scrabulous is a hit online, but sellers of the original board game have cried piracy and may take their claim to court, the New York Times reports. Tens of thousands of Scrabulous players have threatened to boycott Hasbro and Mattel if they shut down the Facebook-friendly game, which... More »

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social networking • Facebook • Hasbro • Mattel • boycott • Scrabble • Scrabulous • board games

Scrabble Players
Flock to Facebook

Scrabulous application attracts 500K daily users

Dec 17, 07 12:21 PM CST
(Newser) - The hottest application on Facebook these days is Scrabulous, based on the Hasbro boardgame. Jayant and Rajat Agarwalla, a young brother duo from Calcutta, developed an online version of Scrabble in 2005. They put it on Facebook in June in the hopes of targeting 0.01% of the website's citizenry,... More »

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Facebook • Scrabble • Scrabulous • board games

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