‘you’ll seldom meet a backgammon player who doesn’t think they’re terrific’

Our fabulous and funny columnist, comedian Helen Lederer is here to tell it like it is, in her own witty way…

Most of us know that computers can beat humans at chess. Did you also know that they can now beat us at Go. Perhaps the bigger question is why humans chose tabletop games as the benchmark of intellige

Sporadic snooker genius Ronnie O’Sullivan is an all-time great, but the sport has taken its toll, says Simon Barnes

A quest for a lost board game – and a philosophical inquiry

Despite having attended Essen Spiel annually since 2012, the con never fails to surprise, wow and generally entertain. This year was no different, with a record number of new games (more than 1,700),

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