The first thing I do when I go online is to check the ShredderChess gadget on my Google homepage. The gadget gives you three chess puzzles each day. They are rated “easy,” “medium” and “hard.” I particularly liked the “hard” puzzle ShredderChess gave us today: If you don’t use [Read more…]
It is not often in the realms of Little War that one side utterly defeats another without sustaining any significant losses; but it happened in this game in which the Knights of the Order of the Red Lion were repulsed and destroyed as they attempted to storm the Green Dragon [Read more…]
Last Thursday I introduced my English class at the Ajina-dai community centre to the game of chess. Here in Japan the two most popular classical two-player board games are igo and shogi. Shogi is a variant of chess, played on a 9 x 9 board, with 20 pieces per player. [Read more…]
2011 is the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Version of the Bible and Professor Gordon Campbell, who teaches Renaissance Literature at the University of Leicester, is giving a series of lectures on the King James Version in Great Britain, Ireland, the United States and Canada, as [Read more…]
Early in March 2011 we played another game of “The Princess in the Tower” in which the Knights of the Order of the Red Lion successfully rescued the Princess, just as they did in the first game we played. Here is the photographic storyboard complete with commentary! [iframe: src=”https://www.bluemelon.com/iframe/home.seam?userurl=hirohurl&folderurl=minifiggames:princessinthetower2-&rootUrl=minifiggames:princessinthetower2-&styleType=WORDPRESS” width=”100%” [Read more…]
Title: Wine Tasting Location: Southern Cross Bar Date: 2011-03-21 Description: The second wine tasting party to be held at Southern Cross this month. This time with a range of cheeses selected by Yours Truly. The event was hosted by Anker at Southern Cross on the Spring Equinox national holiday from [Read more…]
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