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A GeekDad's Daughter Reinvents Chess

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Over on the UK GeekDad blog we’ve been thinking about how we can help our kids get more hands on with the tech, games and gadgets that we love. Mark Changizi just shared this story about how his daughter reinvented the game of chess as plastic animal chess… Recently I sat down with my eight-year-old […]

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A short but sweet story about why we should celebrate irreverence and experimentation in game design. Nothing is sacred - not even chess.

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