YOUTUBE (CNN) - Chess lessons from Woman Grandmaster Nemo
Did you know about chess moves ‘en passant’ and ‘castling’? CNN’s Matias Grez receives a chess lesson from influencer and Woman Grandmaster Nemo.
NPR (Scott Horsley) - What a Monopoly importer learned when it tried to make things in the U.S.A.
After getting hit with tariffs for the imported board games he sells, Jonathan Silva decided to see if he could produce a version of his Monopoly game in the United States. This is what he learned.
BABYLONBEE (Babylon Bee) - New 'Communist Catan' Expansion Set Just Makes Players All Wait Their Turn For Grain
U.S. — A new "Communist Catan" expansion pack for the popular board game will have players just sit and wait for their turn to collect small amounts of grain.
NYTIMES (Sandra A. Miller and Margaret Muirhead) - Tracing the Sweet Origins of Candy Land and Its Creator
The writers of an Overlooked obituary about the game’s creator recount how they stumbled upon her and then proceeded to reconstruct her life.
NYTIMES (Sandra A. Miller and Margaret Muirhead) - Overlooked No More: Eleanor Abbott, the Creator of Candy Land
She invented the game nearly 80 years ago to distract children who were suffering in the hospital during a polio outbreak.