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i used to think love theoretically was the best ali hazelwood novel ever, but check & mate has proven me wrong.✨
#i fucking love that book#and nolan istg hes mysecond favorite love interest after adam#like wtfff chemistryy#and chess#mallory tooo such a badassss#books#it has romance#ali hazelwood#enemies to lovers#love hypothesis#love theoretically#check&mate#booknerd#books & libraries#booklr#bookworm#romance
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August 22 - Card | @jartylusmicrofics | wc: 615
Game nights have become relatively normal within the Potter-Black-Crouch household because all of them are incredibly competitive and don’t like to back down from a challenge, they’re also all the type of people to overthink games and become quickly hated by their friends when they’d play together because of that. Each of them have games that they’ve banned in the house through process of elimination: Monopoly, any of the Mario games, Settlers of Catan -- after a particularly heated competition between the three of them all on 8 or 9 points before James won, Barty flipped the entire board, and Regulus didn’t talk to them for the rest of the day -- Uno twice, among many others.
And they’ve decided, this game night, that card games were their best approach for the safety of their house, relationship, and sanity. The thing is, James isn’t the best at these games, they can admit that. They do well with the games that they do play, and they were also part of the reasons behind some of these games getting banned from their household, but there’s never been anything that they’ve banned because they were too good at it like Regulus with Monopoly.
Until they’re on their third card game, Regulus and Barty have only won thrice, collectively. James has won every. Other. Round. That they played. James has a track record of 16 out of 19 games.
“I’m going to kill you.” Barty mutters, looking James dead in the eye, “I swear to God if you win again, your body will not be found.”
“Okay,” Regulus hums, pushing Barty away from the table where, thankfully, James and Barty are sitting opposite each other, “I think card games are getting banned from game night, too.”
“We’re going to run out of games to play on game night soon.” James says, although they admittedly have a cocky smile on their face as they place down their hand, showing that they’ve won. Again. Barty nearly flips the table. Regulus gently takes the cards from both of their hands and cleans the ones on the table, putting them back in the box before walking over to the ‘banned’ shelf that they have and putting the pack on it.
“Running out of games or not,” Regulus states, “We’re done playing games tonight, I think we’re too high strung.” James agrees and goes to start making the three of them some hot chocolate to ease some of the tension that they’ve caused.
When they’re done and Regulus has calmed Barty from the edge of murder -- Barty asks him how he’s not upset at James winning constantly, and he is, but he’s calmer than Barty and therefore needs to calm him down -- and the three of them are settled down on the couch with a comfort show, Barty finally asks, “How are you so good at card games?”
James takes a second to answer, “My dad really liked playing card games when I was young, that was usually what we ended up playing and if you think that I’m good at card games, you should never play with my dad. It also became a thing that since Peter was good enough at chess, I could never beat him, so we’d start playing cards and he’d get frustrated then it was a back and forth of us going between chess and cards.”
“Which is why you two don’t play games together.”
James nods, “My dad is incredibly strategic and, to beat him, you had to learn how to best him in his own game.”
“Well, it’s just another banned game.” Regulus rolls his eyes, pressing a kiss to both of their lips as they fully settle down.
#my dad is impossible to beat at cards#and chess#and a lot of games#he and I together are incredibly strategic and aggressive when we play games together#marauders#james potter#regulus black#dead gay wizards#james x regulus#barty crouch jr#barty x james x regulus#barty x james#barty x regulus#sunkillerchaser#jartylus#microfic
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i’m gonna need fucking THERAPY if people are gonna keep comparing me to kaiba
#already in it but that’s besides the point#ygo#ygo posting#shitpost#seto kaiba#kaiba seto#like listen. I know I’m adopted. and I like dragons#and chess#and duel monsters#and I would gladly rip out every one of atem’s stupid hairs in frustration#and I’m adopted#and I’m very protective#and i too am so dramatic that I would threaten to jump off a building if I lost a card game#but noooo#i am not seto kaiba#if anyone i’m joey
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Sometimes having a reputation for being smart beats actually being smart.
I once beat my school’s chess champion in a game because he spent the entire match desperately trying to work out my strategy because I was “smart” and therefore good at chess.
We were playing with a Lord of the Rings chess set. I was moving the characters I liked best.
I’m terrible at chess.
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people who don't follow chess I promise this post is really funny
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Just today I got to see a chess book that I remember reading as a little kid. While it didn't give me a lifelong passion for chess, it did give me a lifelong passion for fantasy for its artwork.
The book is "Chess for Young Beginners" from 1975, and here's some of the artwork:
Like, this artwork goes hard. I especially appreciate the colour scheme for the black pieces, with its browns, bronzes, reds and oranges.
This artwork is amazing, evocative, exciting and dramatic. I recommend giving it a look if you have a chance - you can probably scrounge up a PDF of this thing with a bit of searching.
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Hey guys, my opponent just fused their entire side of the board into a gestalt entity, which is currently dissecting and calcifying my pieces such that they fit into its twisted vision of an eternal, perfect state of the universe. What's the best counter in this situation?
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chess inspired fashion
#my art#art tag#original art#chess#i hope you like theeeeeeem i just love designing outfits#and also chess#i was really inspired by the way i use pieces when i play... maybe i'll elaborate in a post
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muhammad fatchurofi
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[ID: A variety of word art sentences strung together to form a post. Burning red text says “i use a windows pc”. Purple and blue all caps text says “I am aware that solitaire is no longer totally free”. Gritty blue text reads “it was just an easy comparison”. Bubbly orange text reads “I am also aware that minecraft costs more money now”. Clean silver text reads “im glad you liked my post though”. Bold golden text reads “Have a great day”. End ID]
#i have a list of games that should just come with a new device the way a chess or solitaire program does#myst. doom. skyrim. minecraft. do you hear me#saturn is rambling down
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Agatha/Rio + innuendo 😳🔥🥵
#i'm losing at chess to a dog!#agatha all along#kathryn hahn#aubrey plaza#agatha harkness#rio vidal#agathaallalongedit#marveledit#marvel#dailymarvelstudios#dailymarvelgifs#marveldaily#wlwsource#wlwgif#femalecharacters#televisiongifs#dailytvwomen#femalegifsource#my stuff
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I'm still pretty new to chess, can anyone tell me what I'm supposed to do if my opponent plays the Eight Fucking Bears opening? I'm really having trouble.
#mtg#magic the gathering#eight fucking bears#inscryption#chess#Every time I try to go first (because I'm the white side) he goes TOO FAST. TOO SOON. and playes eight fucking bears with flash#reach and trample#and i don't know what to do about it#my dumb chess ideas#1k#2k#3k#4k#5k#8k#10k#15k#20k#25k#30k#40k#50k#60k
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Hi, feel free to take my new uquiz to discover what kind of vampire you are!
#NO IM NOT TALKING ABOUT CHESS THE MUSICAL I DONT KNOW WHAT THAT IS. I AM TALKING ABOUT THE ANCIENT BOARD GAME:CHESS#uquiz#vampires#twilight#because let's be honest there are a fair few references#and maybe this is my twilight quiz which has been in my drafts for nearly a year!#and i was tired of it sitting there#maybe!#quiz#werewolves#mention#you can get human in this im really sorry#it's a bit of a mean result#oh if anyone has an actual picture of the vampire that killed dean winchester please send it along#i could not find it with a cursory google search but i rememeber he wore a clown mask#so maybe one of those guys is the guy?
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Lackadaisy Stratagem (Animated Short)
Just Mordecai and Viktor having a normal one.
Watch the full short here on YouTube!
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Clips here feature the animation and cleanup work of Sam Kessler (ENDO), Keaton Sapp, Julia Schoel, Carolina Senra, BMBrice, and Sam Staehler, with compositing by Matt Pichette!
#lackadaisy#lackadaisycats#cats#animation#indie animation#2d animation#cartoon#1920s#chess#animated short
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