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    How I staved off brain rot: Strategising over board games

    Vineet Bhalla
    · Jan 01, 2025 · 07:30 am
  • Why a US maths professor created a board game about the medieval Deccan empires

    Why a US maths professor created a board game about the medieval Deccan empires

    Saverio E Spagnolie
    · Feb 25, 2024 · 11:30 am
  • PUBG and Warcraft can’t teach the life lessons that these traditional Indian board games did

    PUBG and Warcraft can’t teach the life lessons that these traditional Indian board games did

    Mallik Thatipalli
    · Oct 16, 2019 · 11:30 am
  • A new Indian board game lets you join a party, fight an election (with fake news and dirty politics)

    A new Indian board game lets you join a party, fight an election (with fake news and dirty politics)

    Aria Thaker, qz.com
    · Dec 11, 2018 · 01:30 pm
  • Indians are reviving an ancient version of Snakes and Ladders, in which winning isn’t the point

    Indians are reviving an ancient version of Snakes and Ladders, in which winning isn’t the point

    Urmi Chanda-Vaz
    · Jun 29, 2017 · 11:30 am