Category: Games

Games that Boost the Creative Brain

I love playing games. I believe that there are great benefits in playing games and in adopting a playful approach to life in general.  Games help develop a range of vital skills in children and they love playing them.  Games can also develop the same skills in adults but many grown-ups consider games to be childish and not worthy of their time.  This is a pity and a missed opportunity. Video games... Read More--

35 Hidden Countries

Can you find 35 different countries hidden in the text that follows?  Many are easy but I bet you cannot get them all. “Don’t look back in anger,” many a wise man has said, including William Shakespeare who wrote “Much Ado about Nothing.” The captain asked the sargent in an email if he could plug and advertise the event. He had a broken yardstick and wore a jumper under his coat and a cap... Read More--

Tips to help you think better at chess – and elsewhere.

Here are some thinking tips to help make you a better chess player.  Funnily enough the same approaches can be very helpful in other walks of life too.  Develop your pieces.  At the start of the game don’t move the same piece several times or launch a premature attack with just one or two pieces.  This rarely works. Use each move to develop another piece and put it on a strong square. ... Read More--