- Chess Website Recommendations:
Site 1: http://www.uschess.org/beginners/ten/
This website belongs to a chess organization known a United States Chess Federation known as USCF. This organization fosters the values that are needed by those who want to become grandmasters in chess. They are based in the US and are only accepting members that reside the U.S. If you want to be a member of this federation you can by paying a reasonable sum of money depending on your age and the number of years you wish to be a member. There is also the life membership option and the family membership plan, which can benefit you if you belong to a family of chess players and lovers.
Once you are a member of the chess club you can begin reaping the full benefits from the federation, you’ll have access to a lot of tutorial material and not to mention you will find a lot of willing chess masters to become your mentor.
Site 2: http://www.chesskillertips.com/
If you do not know exactly your way around chess, not to worry, check this website out and you will be on your way to the local chess championships of your area in no time. The site entails a lot of “should-check-out” things hanging around. Tutorials for all the parts during a chess game are available in this website. The tutorials are available in video animations, which can leave you a better picture and understanding of the idea behind the tutorials. Both a Flash version and a QuickTime version is available whichever is your preference.
The tutorials are categorized according to the level of the players.
- Monopoly Website Recommendations:
Site 1: http://www.monopoly-man.com/strategy/
Looking for a good website about that is all about monopoly, then you do not need to look further because this website contains it all. There are tips and tutorials for monopoly that is useful to let you finally defeat your “dreaded” 10 year old adversary. In the website, the game monopoly is explained right from its basic rules to its history. There is even a section in this website that the values from the game are applied to real life situations which may pretty well work too. The website also has links to other website resources for the game monopoly.
Site 2:
http://boardgames.about.com/cs/monopoly/ht/win_monopoly.htm
About.com is a website that contains useful articles that can help us in our everyday lives. The site is a rich database of useful information on just about anything that is good in this world – including monopoly. There is a lot of material available in this website that talks about monopoly. The articles are that many, making sure that the game is demystified and all the questions of newbies will be answered.
- Scrabble Website Recommendations:
Site 1: http://www.scrabble.com/
This website is the official worldwide website of the board game Scrabble. The website has two versions; one version is for those living in the United States and Canada. The second version is for those living in the rest of the world. The site offers a lot of neat things for scrabble lovers and those that have developed some interest on the board game. The site can explained to the mechanics of the game clearly eliminating whatever vague questions you might have regarding the rules of the game, scoring system or even other information such as history or where to buy. There are also tips and tools available, and not only that you can also share your own tip that worked for you in this website for others to see.
Site 2: http://www.cyberonic.com/~bigdoggy/
This site’s maker Brian Wagner has a special interest for the game scrabble so he included in his site a whole section that talks about the said board game. Although his website has not been updated since 1999 and that the website still looks incomplete, the section that talks about scrabble already has a lot of pages under it. This section for scrabble has a glossary for scrabble terms, a word lists that are good to use in the game, some useful recommended links, and strategy hints and tips about the game. He also included a personal reflection about playing scrabble for competition instead of playing it for pure fun, which is useful for someone who’s on the stage of thinking about going competitive.
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