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Amsterdam Board Game to Gather Corners, Hotels, Ganja

The Chaps from Amsterdam has been devised through time of hard work, in bedrooms, front rooms, pubs, clubs, raves, festivals, police cells and prison cells. Over the past decade this company has not only generated ideas but has also, transformed it into the product that has become famous today. With The Chaps From Amsterdam, Hard Impact Board Games takes its place.

Hard Impact Board Games is a street based company that has invented a realistic yet an enjoyable game to play. The game has finally assured a troublesome suspicion, Board games are more fun when you're stoned. The exclusion to this law is Risk, which is so complicated that you'd end up shrinking in South America with a fear that you will be endangered by Kamchatka. In Chaps, you play a dealer steering the complex drug markets of Amsterdam. Hence the principle there is a little more stoner-friendly.

You start off by playing with $250,000 as one of six "chaps" and a designer drug called SPACE. This is the first dealer to drop off all of his gear wins. There are 6 characters to choose from, Billy, Bob, Sid, Charlie, Eedid and Grief which is played by six players. Their objective after leaving Amsterdam is to lead to the streets and unload their SPACE to make as much money as possible.

Even though the rules don't seem to be complex but you should be cautious of certain security sources. It's risky to trust anyone or to be too generous in shelling out your cash as cops, courts and informants can meet you at every corner. Also, if you reach the Rehab square three times you have to leave the game. Fittingly, the rules encourage you to cheat and mess up with yourself into hazy alliances with other dealers. The game is now available for $50 in the U.S.

An Online Empire at Monopoly City Streets

Creating an online Monopoly game is a significant move for board game maker Hasbro. Last week, a new online version of Monopoly was introduced that utilizes online maps as its game board. This has indeed become the biggest Monopoly tournament ever played as players get the opportunity to compete in a live, practical situations with other players across the world.

So now you can just own your street or buy D.C.'s Pennsylvania Avenue. That will set you back easily with two million. Players begin with three million Monopoly dollars and can accurately purchase any street around the world. Besides streets, you can also buy hotels, houses, castles, skyscrapers and even football stadiums, and you're sure to become a real rich property industrialist.

The craze for the new game has been irresistible. It's being discussed about all over the world through blogs and social networks like Twitter and Facebook. The game even has its own blog, which declared that original statistics show 1.7 million unique visitors to the gaming site per day.

Creating an online empire obviously doesn't always come easy. When the game was launched last week, servers began to crash by the massive arrival of players. And that's when the griping began. There was a list of complaints from users stating that players were given an unfair benefit and choice properties were already taken. Hence to solve this issue, Hasbro has planned to reset the game within few days.

Tricky-Track Online Board game

Tricky-track is a free online strategy game for two. It is easy to begin play, but playing well requires a bit of thought. The game is much easier than chess, however. Games are typically short, perhaps about fifteen minutes in length, so the game would be ideal for anyone who would enjoy a quick break from more serious endeavors.

There is a section which provides the opportunity for two people to play on the same computer. The other section provides internet play. This latter section has a chat window so players can visit with family or friends while playing no matter where they live.

Arrange a playing time with a friend, share nicknames and have fun at http://www.tricky-track.com/!

Mobile Phone Version Of Trivial Pursuit Game

The 5800 version of this Trivial Pursuit game uses the touch screen facilities of the device very well. The game is slick and smooth.

Even though you play against a single player and you can’t see their questions, playing the standard trivial pursuit mode is really a fun. The play becomes quick, but sometimes it can result into wins for your opponent. The skill levels can be set once you get a thorough knowledge of the questions. This is a nice touch given to this game.

The new version adds more pressure as it has a race-against-the-time feature and if you win you get a cool medal.

This game has lots of options, good graphics and lots of fun for trivia liking people! It also has easy controls and question content is of a high standard. The questions have the format of multiple choice answers. Also, the questions have a fairly international flavor.

If you really like original Trivial Pursuit, then you must check out the mobile version of this game.

20th Tebrau Open Chess Tournaments

The Tebrau Open Chess Tournament is one of the most important Chess tournaments in Malaysia. Every year this tournament is organized by Johor Baru District Chess Association. The registrations for this season have started already. Here are the details - 20th Tebrau Open Chess Tournaments

Venue :	Plaza Pelangi,JB
Date :	Sunday, 9th August 2009
Time Control :	Swiss System of 7 Rounds with 25 minutes per player to complete the game.
Entry Fee :	RM30.00 for Open, RM12.00 for Under 16, RM 10.00 for Under 12

Last date of registration is 7th August 2009.

Prizes for 1st to 10th placing-

1. Open Category

RM400, RM200, RM100, RM80, RM70, RM60, RM50, RM50, RM50, RM50

2. Under 16 category

RM200, RM100, RM80, RM60, RM50, RM40, RM30, RM30, RM30, RM30

3. Under 12 category

RM100, RM80, RM60, RM50, RM40, RM30, RM30, RM20, RM20, RM20

If you are interested in participating in this event, kindly contact:

Narayanan Krishnan

Tournament Director

Johore Chess Academy

H/P N0 : 0137717525

Email - jb_chess_association@yahoo.com

Good Luck!!!

New Spin on an Old Game of clue

Electronic Arts' Clue is a killer update to a classic clue game. The pace of this game is fast, the characters and the weapons are really cool. The graphics are really excellent. If you don't have any real people to play with, this game will let you play against computers.

The goal this game of Clue is to solve the murder of "the fantastically rich Mr. Boddy," who was hosting a glamorous party when he met his untimely demise.

It is a 45 minutes game, which begins after receiving the assignment. The Game Tips are helpful while playing the game.

Clue Game takes you in the right direction even if you deactivate the tips (you only need to turn – on your flashlight and you’ll see the suspect’s possessions as they get standout amongst the other things)

There are also other details which include vignettes on each suspect, biographies of every character, etc. An individual game statistics and achievements are also provided in this version. There are in all 10 levels of play available in Clue game.

The hip new character and game styling combined with quick, easy, play make this old favorite a new one too. This new version is really easy to learn, captivating, has good graphics and doesn’t take as long as the board game.

Richard Marinaccio - New Monopoly U.S. National Champion

Richard Marinaccio is the winner of the 2009 MONOPOLY U.S. National Championship tournament in Washington, which was held in April this year. He took home $20,580 and will now represent the U.S.A. at the 13th MONOPOLY World Championship tournament in Las Vegas to be held this October.

In a final game, Marinaccio bankrupted his three opponents in less than one hour and 15 minutes. Marinaccio took a risky decision to buy Pacific Avenue early in the game and dedicate his resources to building up the green property group, which is normally considered as a low priority group

The 2009 MONOPOLY World Championship will take place from 20th to 22nd October, 2009. The best MONOPOLY players from more than 40 countries will participate in this tournament. This event will be held at Caesar's Palace , Las Vegas, Nev.

Ukrainian GM Yuri Drozdovskij – Winner of the First SCS International Open GM tournament

GM Yuri Drozdovskij from Ukraine emerged as the winner in the First SCS International Open GM tournament 2009 This tournament was held at Bhubaneshwar, which is also the capital of Orissa state in India. More than 80 titled chess players had participated in this event.

GM Yuri Drozdovskij came first after beating five players who were at a tie scoring 8.0/10/.

The Orissa Chess Association at Hotel Swosti Plaza had organized this event, in which Sergei Tiviakov from Netherlands was the top seeded player.

You can find the final rankings in the following table -

Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Club	Pts	BH.
1	4	GM	Drozdovskij Yuri	2603	UKR		8	65
2	2	GM	Kurnosov Igor	2658	RUS		8	64½
3	12	GM	Rychagov Andrey	2530	RUS		8	63½
4	3	GM	Kuzubov Yuriy	2632	UKR		8	63
5	36		Thejkumar M S	2420	IND	KAR	8	58½
6	10	GM	Hossain Enamul	2531	BAN		7½	66
7	8	GM	Timoshenko Georgy	2550	UKR		7½	66
8	28	IM	Sethuraman S P	2451	IND	TN	7½	64
9	31	IM	KonguvelPonnuswamy	2428	IND	PSPB	7½	62
10	69		Sangma Rahul	2312	IND	DEL	7½	61½
11	17	IM	Khusnutdinov Rustam	2507	KAZ		7½	61
12	13	GM	Ismagambetov Anuar	2525	KAZ		7½	60½
13	27	GM	Bakre Tejas	2452	IND	GUJ	7½	58½
14	7	GM	Zubarev Alexander	2566	UKR		7	67
15	33	IM	Rathnakaran K	2427	IND	Rlys	7	66½
16	9	GM	Ovetchkin Roman	2549	RUS		7	66
17	14	GM	Vokarev Sergey	2521	RUS		7	66
18	11	GM	Zinchenko Yaroslav	2531	UKR		7	65
19	1	GM	Tiviakov Sergei	2697	NED		7	64½
20	47	IM	Narayanan Srinath	2381	IND	TN	7	63½
21	5	GM	Vorobiov Evgeny E	2596	RUS		7	63½
22	24	IM	Sengupta Deep	2466	IND	JHA	7	63½
23	128		Santu Mondal	2140	IND	WB	7	62½
24	6	GM	Gupta Abhijeet	2570	IND	PSPB	7	62½
25	20	IM	Adhiban B	2483	IND	TN	7	62½
26	16	GM	Neelotpal Das	2514	IND	PSPB	7	61½
27	40	IM	Himanshu Sharma	2403	IND	HAR	7	61
28	43	IM	Saravanan V	2391	IND	BPCL	7	61
29	25	GM	Temirbayev Serikbay	2458	KAZ		7	60
30	37	FM	Priyadharshan K	2411	IND	TN	7	60
31	77	IM	Deshmukh Anup	2299	IND	LIC	7	59½
32	26	IM	Sriram Jha	2453	IND	DEL	7	59½
33	46	FM	Minhazuddin Ahmed	2382	BAN		7	59½
34	51		Shivananda B S	2378	IND	KAR	7	58½
35	74	WGM	Meenakshi Subbaraman	2303	IND	AI	7	58
36	49	IM	Suvrajit Saha	2380	IND	Rlys	7	58
37	48	IM	Sareen Vishal	2380	IND	DEL	7	55
38	100	WIM	Padmini Rout	2238	IND	ORI	7	52½
39	53		Premnath R	2353	IND	TN	7	51
40	21	GM	Deepan Chakkravarthy J	2482	IND	PSPB	7	50½

Scrabble Me - The latest version of Scrabble

Scrabble Me - The latest version of Scrabble with an innovative new twist In this new “Scrabble Me” version, each player gets their own board unlike all players sharing one board like in normal scrabble game, All players can make words on their own individual board at the same time.

After every round, players can either choose a new letter replacing their old tile or they can choose any tile that is present on the prize tile stand Another latest feature is the wild tile. Each time a wild tile is played, the player who utilizes the tile swaps the board with an opponent. You can turn the tide of the game in your direction!

Only when all the tiles are over, the player who has the highest score wins.

Scrabble Me is the latest fun way to play Scrabble!!

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