Games and Competition

Bound for Glory

Or maybe not. America’s most grueling adult tricycle competition is tough on riders and equipment alike

April 30, 2000

Outsmarting Napoleon

War games enthusiasts use miniature soldiers and multiple-terrain boards to simulate real battles

August 31, 1999

“There Is a Certain Amount of Humor in Checkers”

But if you think this game is easy, you haven’t met the Ayshire Lassie, the Black Doctor, the Goose Walk or the Canalejas Cannonball

July 31, 1999

Discovering the Odds

Over the centuries, visionary mathematicians laid the foundation for how we view life’s gambles

May 31, 1999

In the Game of Chess “Your Opponent Must Be Destroyed”

January 1, 1998

Little Brother of War

Lacrosse sticks were tools of the trade in a rugged Indian game now growing popular around the world

December 1, 1997

Fake & Rake

Played for love or played for money, poker is coming out of the back room

July 31, 1997

The School Where it’s OK to Major in Fun and Games

At Vancouver’s DigiPen, kids who grew up playing Donkey Kong and Castlevania train to create the video adventures of tomorrow

December 1, 1996

You’re Buying It, You Better Make Sure It’s What You Want’

If that ‘treasure’ you acquire at one of Uncle Sam’s auctions turns out to be a pig in a poke, you’ll have only yourself to blame

October 1996

America’s Favorite Game Is the One Everybody Can Play

It doesn’t get hyped big-time like other sports, but at the grass-roots level, where it thrives, softball is in a league of its own

April 1996

The Soap Box Derby

The Soap Box Derby, a peculiarly American institution, thrives on the U.S. teenage passion for anything that has four wheels and goes fast

May 1995