Backgammon Set made of alligator

Whether you're a backgammon champion or have never played you will love this luxury Backgammon Set made of alligator.
Supplier of the boards for the World Championships, Max Parker (son of the eponymous Geoffrey) has personally created this Geoffrey Parker branded set exclusively for 20ltd.com

The alligator case opens to reveal a hand inlaid Shagreen playing field which is complimented by sterling silver Shagreen game pieces and alligator wrapped dice cups.

A Sterling silver disc above the carrying handle is engraved disc with the limited edition number.
Priced at $18,000 - Only 20 editions will ever be made

World’s biggest, most expensive game of Duck Hunt

So, you think you are super good at Dunk Hunt ? Then you should play a game that really approximates hunting.

The ST-2 shooting simulator from Marksman Training Systems is the first shooting simulator for shotgun and rifle shooting designed specifically for demanding users such as shooting instructors who give professional shooting advice.

Anyone, both new and experienced in shotgun or rifle shooting, can use the simulator to improve his or her shooting skills and enjoyment of the sport.

The simulator can be used with most shotguns and rifles. The camera sensor that registers gun movements and shooting direction can be easily attached to the barrel of your own gun. If you want to get hi-tech analysis of the dynamics of your technique, recoil, and other shooting info, then you will appreciate the meticulous feedback and analysis of the ST-2. (source)

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Collector's Edition Scrabble Game

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. It also offers spacious drawers to protect and store game pieces when not in use.

“An elegant invitation for a subtle verbal clash.” It sells $599 on frontgate. (Source)

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Most Expensive Trivial Pursuit

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 USD.

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Goldstriker Diamond Edition Chess

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.

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Renault F1 Team Collection Chess Set

This collection is a dream come true for the ultimate gamer, especially so for the gamer that shares passion for both the adrenalin rush of Formula 1 and the classical battle of chess.

The pieces of this beautifully crafted set are actually parts of the Renault car – the suspension, hubs, uprights, wings and cockpit sitting.

The genuine engine pieces of titanium, stainless steel, aircraft specification aluminium and carbon fiber have literally felt the heat of Formula 1, and sit coolly on 64 squares of sterling silver and leather.

A collector’s item for all the right reasons of exclusivity, uniqueness, luxury and delight, the Renault F1 Team chess set comes at a price of £21,000 (or approximately US$41,600) for the die-hard Renault fan who can boast of having a real piece of a Renault car gleaming on their coffee table. We have the latest exclusive pictures of the chess set for you courtesy of the makers at the Renault F1 Team Collection.

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Rare Italian Backgammon Set

Touted to be the most exclusive and the most expensive set of backgammon set ever sold, is this Rare Italian Backgammon Set by Tomasso Barbi. Not much is known about this piece de art except that is crafted from Exquisite brass and burled wood

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Chess gets exciting with the Thinking Table

Chess is known to be a mind game where each player plans his move and plots strategies against his opponent.

Enter the Thinking Table, an interactive table with a built in chess board with an artificial intelligence program, which thinks and predicts the probable moves the player may be planning. The computer’s thought process gets sketched on the screen as it plays and a map of thousands of possible futures gets illuminated on the board.

The board is both the arena in which the two players act, and a thought space in which their linked choices, deliberations and hostilities are made visible. Chess is a fairy tale of 1001 blunders and that is exactly the thinking machines predict to make the game all the more exciting. The Thinking Table is currently a project in progress and we would love to see it being commercialized.

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Sony PSP Bronze - Limited Edition

Sony Japan has announced a new color for the PSP 'Mat Bronze' and is codenamed PSPJ-20002. The PSP-2000 is already available in white, black and silver.
The bronze edition will go on sale in Japan on April 24 and will be available in limited quantities 60,000 to be precise. Exclusivity always commands a premium and the Bronze PSP will sell for 23,800 Yen ($ 230) where as the normal PSP sells for 19,800 Yen ($ 190).

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Swarovski Encrusted Scrabble Board for $20,000

Featured above is an exclusive glass Scrabble board coated with around 30,000 Swarovski crystals exhibited at the American International Toy Fair in New York.

Designed by Hasbro, the board marks the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the game. Priced at $20,000, the game is anticipated to be auctioned coming summer with all the proceedings donated to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.

Source : scrabble-in-blogosphere