If you have read some of my other blog posts, you will have noticed that I usually start with a short text providing context for…
CIPC #72: Maigret S35, Mon ami Maigret
I have a conjecture: every sufficiently well-known fictional detective will sooner or later be confronted with chess. A slightly – but only very slightly –…
CIPC #71: Budd, The chess board
It is time to bring some culture to this blog again – and nothing screams culture like some classical painting. Besides, the last time I…
CIPC #70: Chess board box covers
I found a new bizarre niche of CIPC material to get lost in! You can go online, find some pictures of cheap chess sets and…
CIPC #69: The hound of the Baskervilles
Long, long time ago, when I started this blog, I already knew that, inevitably, I would end up talking about Sherlock Holmes. I don’t think…
CIPC #68: The hateful eight
Tarantino syndrome is a disease which has been affecting many young movies, often with a great pedigree, for decades now. A textbook case is offered…
CIPC #67: Barneby wand decoration
In every big city you can find a games bar nowadays; a place where you can get together to play boardgames with friends1 while having…
CIPC #66: “Weird Al” Yankovic, White & Nerdy
Parody is a tricky genre. When it fails, it tends to fall completely flat, but when it succeeds, ah, then you might just get a…
BOBCH #5: Nielsen vs. O’Kelly de Galway (1954-56)
By now, there are several thousands of games on this site. How is one supposed to find games that are interesting? The answer is that…
CIPC #65: The cinema snob S11 E13, Mighty muffin pounder rangers
Judging the quality of entertainment is an age-old tradition – probably about half an hour younger than entertainment itself – but it, like so many…