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A brown kitchen chair seated at a round table, covered in a yellow checked tablecloth. On the table are two glasses of wine, a slice of cake, and several face-down playing cards with the ace of spades facing up.

First Person / January/February 2020

How Euchre Healed My Family

December 12, 2019December 18, 2019 - by Jessica Myshrall

We have played through illness, arguments, divorces, and death

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Image of a Twenty-Sided Die Used for Tabletop Gaming

Send the Barbarian in First

January 23, 2018January 1, 2020 - by George Murray

Dungeons and Dragons helped me bond with my kids—and now I teach other dads to play

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illustration of man with him playing chess in the background

Arts & Culture / November 2017

Canada’s Bid to Create a World Chess Champion

October 26, 2017November 27, 2019 - by Sasha Chapin

Montreal’s Eric Hansen is a self-described Chessbrah, but he could also be the best player this country has ever had

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