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Piazza dell'Anfiteatro in Lucca.

Piazza dell'Anfiteatro

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

Welcome to the Under the Pier Show.

Southwold, England

Under the Pier Show

A chaotic collection of coin-operated slot machines designed to delight and disturb in equal measure.

Smoking the Fool, the prelude to the contest.

The Haxey Hood

One of England's oldest ongoing games is basically a town-wide scrummage that aims to push a leather tube into a local pub.

The mural on Hasenhaus.

Vienna, Austria

Wolf and Cow Playing Backgammon Mural

A silly medieval mural preserved on the side of a Viennese house.

A board game produced around 1939 allowed German children to imagine themselves strangling the British coastline with aircraft and U-boats.

The Nazi Board Games of World War II

These relics of wartime propaganda and anti-Semitism were designed for playtime.

Eve Kahn April 27, 2017

The life of a poker-playing expat can be sweet—but how sustainable is it?

Online Poker Players Are Exiled in Paradise

When will the party end for online poker's refugees?

Sarah Laskow April 25, 2017

Add-A-Ball Arcade's basement location.

Seattle, Washington

Add-a-Ball Bar and Arcade

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

International Intellectual and Puzzle Museum

An institution dedicated to curiosity, logic, riddles, and Mongolia's long history of puzzles.

Simi Valley, California

Ronald Reagan’s Situation Room

The White House Situation Room was taken apart in 2006 and shipped to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

The die, before it was taken away.

Found: A Giant Metal Die in an Idaho Lake

Floodwaters cast it on the shore.

Sarah Laskow March 21, 2017

"The Fight Between Carnival and Lent," 1559, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.

The Original Hidden Picture Artists Were Dutch Masters

Finding Beyoncé is fun, but so are the minds of Pieter Bruegel the Elder and Hieronymous Bosch.

Sarah Laskow March 6, 2017

Sometimes it feels good to be bad.

The Joys of Pretend Villainy

What's so great about playing the bad guy, according to LARPers.

Eric Grundhauser January 26, 2017

Open air chess board in Elista

Chess City

The largest Buddhist city in Europe is a haven for chess fanatics.

Spock plays Tridimensional Chess in the <em>Star Trek: TOS</em> episode, "Court Martial"

Space Chess Is Here, But No One Is Playing

The three-dimensional version of the game was around long before Star Trek.

Eric Grundhauser January 10, 2017

Exterior of Novelty Automation, a 17th century building.

London, England

Novelty Automation

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

A family plays a game of Snapdragon, from the December 25,1858 issue of the <em>Illustrated London News</em>.

Victorians' Christmas Parlor Games Will Leave You Burned, Bruised, And Puking

Do not try them at home.

George Pendle December 22, 2016

Found: The Original Ad for the Nintendo Entertainment System

Nintendo was getting ready to bring its gaming system to the U.S.

Sarah Laskow December 20, 2016

A typical table from the International Puzzle Party 2016.

Solving the Mystery of the Secret International Puzzle Party

Only true collectors are invited to this hidden celebration of mechanical puzzles.

Eric Grundhauser September 23, 2016