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Camon Hero: Trading Card MMORPG to Launch This Spring
Uforia, the publishers who brought us the highly praised Mercenary Wars and Nostale, have announced that a new kind of MMO is on the way called Camon Hero and it features trading cards.
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Democratic Turmoil and What it Means for Poker
Few Democrats with tenuous holds on their seats are likely to want to take a stance on a controversial bill like Barney Frank’s Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection and Enforcement Act.
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Chess, Poker and the Mind
The advances of computer chess have failed to illuminate the workings of the mind, writes Garry Kasparov. Time for programmers to master a bigger challenge: poker.
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Rook: An Itawamba Pastime
Rook is a card game that has been enjoyed by many Itawamba families, and our family is no exception. My husband and I both grew up in long-time, Rook-playing families and have fond memories of watching our elders play Rook and later, when we became old enough, joining in the Rook games ourselves.
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Game Inventor Searched for Fulfillment, Raised a Ruckus
Dan Levy, an Evanston resident since 1998, was working 18 years at the same job for a Northbrook financial services firm, doing well enough but missing a sense of fulfillment, he said. He eventually found that when he created the card game Ruckus.
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Prisoners’ Playing Cards Seek Justice for Murder Victims
A form of gin rummy breaks out in the courtyard of the Campbell Pre-Release Center as the inmates, Mark and Mario, toss their unwanted cards into the discard pile. But from deuce to ace, nearly every card is a face card, looking up in silent appeal.
The cards ask: Do you know who killed me? And they ask: Do you know where I am? And they ask: Do you know something? Anything?
The South Carolina Department of Corrections started selling these decks in its prison canteens for $1.72 about a year ago; since then, inmates have bought more than 10,000 packs. Each card asks that you please call 888-CRIME-SC if you have any information about a case; each card also whispers, “Call *49,” an anonymous prison hot line.
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Poker: The Sport for Regular Guys Indifferent to Money
Maybe you caught Darvin Moon on ESPN last week. No, never heard of him? You’d probably like him if you’re the type that wants homespun, aw-shucks people to do well, whatever their pursuits — even gambling.
Moon’s journey to a $5.2 million second-place finish in the World Series of Poker made him a mythic American folk hero of sorts, with The Washington Post chronicling his every step as a card-playing Paul Bunyan.
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Review: UNO MOO!
Now that my girls are right into game-playing age, we’ve started introducing them to a lot of our favorites. My older girls already know how to play traditional UNO, but my poor 3-year-old seems to often get left out of the game, because she just isn’t quite old enough to get the concepts yet – even though she thinks she does. So I was incredibly happy to see that Mattel has introduced a preschool version of UNO – called UNO MOO!
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Set for Columbus, OH
The number one trading card game in the world is about to make an appearance in Ohio. Yu-Gi-Oh! enthusiasts will be coming to the Greater Columbus Convention Center for the Shonen Jump Championship this weekend.
“It’s one of the premiere-level tournament series that we hold for the Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game,” said Yumi Hoashi, the vice president of card business for Konami Digital Entertainment.
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5 Easy, Fun & Cheap Card Games
If you’re anything like me then poverty & gaming are both major aspects of your life. I have combed through a vast amount of card games to make up this list of 5 awesome card games that won’t break the bank (and you have probably never heard of).