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Media Watch: Strategy games growth isn’t just in the mind

The Border Mail

“MIND game enthusiasts from across the country put their logic to the test at the Australian Mind Games Expo in Albury over the weekend.

The first of its kind to be held in Australia, the expo also hosted the Australian Mind Games national championships for medieval German board games Carcassonne and Settlers of Catan.

Tournament director and Border Mind Games Club president Neil Thompson said he wasn’t surprised by the success of the event, which was attended by about 1000 people.”

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Source: Yehuda Berlinger

© 2006 Rick Thornquist


Posted by Rick Thornquist on Jun 12, 2006 at 08:30 PM in Game News,  Media Watch / 908

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