I mentioned a few things tonight and last week that I thought you might find interesting:
The Game of Life:
http://www.bitstorm.org/gameoflife/
http://www.math.com/students/wonders/life/life.html
The Opera Box Game:
http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/content/opera-box-game
The Slav and Semi-Slav:
http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/content/slav-or-semi
cheers
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