Board games

UpMeals Announces Creator Of Pictionary To Join Its Board of Directors

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Thursday, July 8, 2021
Board games, Games, Gaming, Pictionary, Western Publishing, Robert Angel

Rob is an investor and advisor to UpMeals and will now expand his role to join the talented and diverse team of board members .

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  • Rob is an investor and advisor to UpMeals and will now expand his role to join the talented and diverse team of board members .
  • "We're so fortunate to add a visionary like Rob Angel to the board," said Drew Munro, Co-Founder and CEO of UpMeals.
  • "His experience growing and scaling Pictionary to one of the best selling games around the globe is no small feat.
  • For the next 17 years, Rob shepherded Pictionary to sales of 38,000,000 Pictionary games sold worldwide in over 60 countries.

5 Strategies for Adapting Better in a Crisis

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Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Board games, Crisis, Security, Strategic management, Pandemic

On the flip side of that tendency is that we often forget to learn from those events," said Schlake.

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  • On the flip side of that tendency is that we often forget to learn from those events," said Schlake.
  • But what the pandemic also highlighted, Schlake said, is how precious resource time is during a crisis.
  • Repairing what was broken is a normal reaction during a crisis, including both emotional and economic recovery," said Schlake.
  • Know your limits:"Businesses were able to create effective protocols after getting a better understanding of their situation during the pandemic.

Dr. Steven Hatfill: Pandemic Report Single Point Failure II

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Thursday, May 27, 2021
Board games, Anthrax attacks, Biological warfare, Steven Hatfill, Pandemic, Pub

OCALA, Fla., May 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Called to the White House in the early days of the pandemic as an outside advisor to the Executive Office of the President, DR. STEVEN HATFILL witnessed the destruction of the National Pandemic Plan.

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  • OCALA, Fla., May 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Called to the White House in the early days of the pandemic as an outside advisor to the Executive Office of the President, DR. STEVEN HATFILL witnessed the destruction of the National Pandemic Plan.
  • In the continuation of his article SINGLE POINT OF FAILURE (pub.
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The Matching Dead, A Brand-new Cartoony Match-3 Zombie RPG is coming to Google Play Store

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Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Board games, Tabletop games, Video game publishers, Culture, 37Games, Zombies!!!, Zombie, Tile-matching video game, Matching

GUANGZHOU, China, May 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- 37GAMES is launching its latest cartoony match-3 zombie RPG "The Matching Dead".

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  • GUANGZHOU, China, May 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- 37GAMES is launching its latest cartoony match-3 zombie RPG "The Matching Dead".
  • Users can download the game on Google Play store now.
  • As its name suggests, The Matching Dead is a combination of match-3 gameplay with a strategy RPG.
  • Players will be matching tiles to create awesome combos to wipe out zombies.

Backers Pledge Over $4m for Monster Hunter World: The Board Game

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Thursday, April 29, 2021
Games, Tabletop games, Board games, Windows games, Dark Souls – The Board Game, Souls, Monster Hunter: World, Cooperative board game

b"MANCHESTER, England, April 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- UK-based tabletop games publisher Steamforged Games has raised over $4m in its crowdfunding campaign to launch a Monster Hunter: World board game, with two days still remaining.\nBased on the hit action RPG video game from CAPCOM that sold over 15 million copies worldwide, Steamforged's adaptation is a cooperative board game for one to four players.

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  • b"MANCHESTER, England, April 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- UK-based tabletop games publisher Steamforged Games has raised over $4m in its crowdfunding campaign to launch a Monster Hunter: World board game, with two days still remaining.\nBased on the hit action RPG video game from CAPCOM that sold over 15 million copies worldwide, Steamforged's adaptation is a cooperative board game for one to four players.
  • In 2015, the company launched Dark Souls: The Board Game, raising over $5.1m from 31,178backers.\nSince then, all nine of the Steamforged Games' Kickstarters have been fully funded.
  • These included licensed games like Devil May Cry: The Bloody Palace, Horizon Zero Dawn: The Board Game and Resident Evil 3: The Board Game, along with originals like Animal Adventures: Tales of Dungeons and Doggies and Godtear.
  • Last year, 10,355 backers pledged $1,499,670 to bring Steamforged Games' original dungeon-crawling roleplaying board game Bardsung to life.\nMonster Hunter World: The Board Game is live on Kickstarter until April 302021.\nFor more information on the campaign, visit: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/steamforged/monster-hunter-world-th... .\n"

Garry Kasparov at IMPROVATE Cybersecurity Conference is talking about Chess, IA and The Queen's Gambit

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Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Chess, Board games, Garry Kasparov, Renew Democracy Initiative, Computer chess

The keynote speaker at the conference was Garry Kasparov, a world chess champion, human rights activist and author, who is the founder of the Renew Democracy Initiative.

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  • The keynote speaker at the conference was Garry Kasparov, a world chess champion, human rights activist and author, who is the founder of the Renew Democracy Initiative.
  • Kasparov recently joined the Advisory Board of IMPROVATE, which connects technology and innovation companies and governments and new markets.
  • "IMPROVATE works to solve problems and I have been solving problems my entire life," Kasparov said.
  • I would like to welcome Garry Kasparov, a global authority on AI and cyber to the Advisory Board of IMPROVATE.

Multiple Championship-Winning Ninth-Grader Develops State-of-the-Art Chess Guidebook to Teach Beginning Players Powerful Techniques and Strategies

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Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Board games, Outline of chess, Computer chess, Chess tactic, Chess, Abstract strategy games, Games, Chess problems, Bruce Pandolfini

To assist those at the beginning of their chess journeys, high-schooler and chess enthusiast Karthik Murugan has released Legal Attack: Chess An Intellectual Board War.

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  • To assist those at the beginning of their chess journeys, high-schooler and chess enthusiast Karthik Murugan has released Legal Attack: Chess An Intellectual Board War.
  • The book contains 30 powerful chess tactics, each with 10 puzzles for readers to practice and solve.
  • This is a fantastic chess book for beginners and intermediate players, wrote an Amazon reviewer.
  • He has been playing chess since 2014 and now teaches kids and promotes chess in the local area.

SBB Research Group Sponsors Greater Chicago K-12 Chess Championship for Seventh Consecutive Year

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Thursday, February 4, 2021
Primary, Secondary, Education, Board games, World chess champions, Chess, Garry Kasparov, Outline of chess, Computer chess

SBB Research Group is proud to be the presenting sponsor of the Greater Chicago K-12 Chess Championship for the seventh consecutive year.

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  • SBB Research Group is proud to be the presenting sponsor of the Greater Chicago K-12 Chess Championship for the seventh consecutive year.
  • SBB Research Group is grateful to partner with the Renaissance Knights Chess Foundation, the Kasparov Chess Foundation, and the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Academic Chess Program for this annual tournament.
  • SBB Research Groups support for scholastic chess tournaments, which dates back to 2013, has been spearheaded by Sandeep Navalgund, the firms principal engineer.
  • SBB Research Group LLC is a Chicago-based investment management firm that views the market through a systematic, interdisciplinary lens.

Azul Cargo Revenue Grows 64% in 4Q20

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Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Tabletop games, Board games, Azul, Cargo, Games

SO PAULO, Feb. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Azul S.A., "Azul", (B3: AZUL4, NYSE: AZUL) announces today that its logistics business unit Azul Cargo Express increased revenues in the fourth quarter of 2020 by 64% year over year.

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  • SO PAULO, Feb. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Azul S.A., "Azul", (B3: AZUL4, NYSE: AZUL) announces today that its logistics business unit Azul Cargo Express increased revenues in the fourth quarter of 2020 by 64% year over year.
  • This growth was driven by broad expansion in all segments of the cargo market, especially e-commerce.
  • "When Azul was launched 12 years ago, our mission was to increase the size of the passenger market.
  • Azul Cargo Express provides a unique and vast array of logistics air services for its customers.

BIG & Digital releases new short film, "BUILDING MINDS WITH CHESS," starring Black Grandmaster Pontus Carlsson

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Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Board games, Outline of chess, Pontus Carlsson, Computer chess, Carlsson, Abstract strategy games, Chess

LAS VEGAS, Feb. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --BIG & Digital, LLC announced the official release of "Building Minds with Chess," starring the highest-ranking and second Black International Chess Grandmaster Pontus Carlsson, during Black History Month.

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  • LAS VEGAS, Feb. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --BIG & Digital, LLC announced the official release of "Building Minds with Chess," starring the highest-ranking and second Black International Chess Grandmaster Pontus Carlsson, during Black History Month.
  • "Building Minds with Chess" explores how chess helps players improve in math, critical thinking, memory, problem solving and more.
  • The goal is to build stronger minds in children and create mentorships through the game of chess.
  • Carlsson inspires people of all ages in the short film, "Building Minds with Chess."