July 4th, 2008

Inspired by the Lewis Carroll’s novel ‘Alice through the Looking Glass,’ designer Yasmin Sethi developed a chess set that features pieces that “magically turn transparent” when they touch the board.
(In ‘Alice through the Looking Glass’ by Lewis Carroll, Alice falls through a mirror and on the other side of the mirror, she becomes a piece in a game of chess.)
The pieces of this chess set are each contained in a cylinder that turns opaque when they’re removed from the board hiding the identity of the piece.
However, when you put them back down in one of the squares, the pieces turn transparent again and reveal their true identity.


July 1st, 2008
if you think that the Swarovski Encrusted Scrabble Board was a little bit too “bling bling”, here is another luxury edition of Scrabble Game which looks a little more traditionnal, yet very luxurious !
Exclusively authorized by the Milton Bradley Company, this Collector’s Edition Scrabble Game is the first and only classic collector’s edition of America’s favorite word game.
A noble crafted wood-framed playing board builds the fundament for 100 letter tiles individually minted and encrusted with 24 karat gold.

May 13th, 2008
Prada have created this unique playing card set for especially travelers. The Prada playing card set is made of black saffiano calf leather and is sealed using a zip.
The set includes two Prada branded decks of playing cards one which is black backed the other red backed. The Prada Travel Playing Card Set is available from Prada stores worldwide - Around $397
Via sybarites
May 12th, 2008
A beautiful and luxurious leather-bound edition of the game is being retailed by Zontik Games.
The board itself is meticulously leather-inlaid by hand and then embossed in gold or silver with felt-lined storage compartments for the game pieces. The dice cups and question card boxes are also inlaid with leather.
Depending on how you want to customize your board, the most expensive Trivial Pursuit game set will set you back between $4,405 and $7,105.
April 13th, 2008
Gaming enthusiasts can now follow a bling route and give vent to their luxe desires. All thanks to Goldstriker for this lately unveiled limited edition diamond version of Backgammon.
Encrusted with counted 61,000 black, white and yellow diamonds on either side of the game, this would surely bring a new turn to definition of gaming. Mere checkers are bejeweled with 2960 diamonds. It consumes almost 6.77 kg of gold and 150 gm of silver and is priced at £500,000.
April 8th, 2008

Goldstriker is here with the Diamond Edition Chess fit for the richest players on earth. To make the black and white squares Goldstriker has used black and white diamonds.
The set including the pieces uses a total of 1,168 grams of 14K gold and 187 grams of silver along with a staggering 9,900 precious stones.
The black and white diamonds have a total weight of 186.98 carats. So if you want to indulge in a game of chess at your beachfront villa then the Goldstriker Diamond Edition Chess set is all yours for $ 100,000. Via luxurylaunches