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The game uses a simple ruleset, yet offers significant depth, as players try to connect two opposite sides of the board with their pieces. Last August this space highlighted the game in an interview with Bill Leighton, one of a handful of Tak fans who created the US Tak Association in hopes of promoting and growing interest in the game. And, now we get a more personal look at this gem thanks to the reigning Tak champion consenting to answer some questions via email. Sam Dickinson is 28. He lives in London, UK, where he is a full-time wheelchair rugby player, as well as a fan of Tak.
When it comes to board games, there are several examples where games have been plucked out of books. A recent example would be when author Patrick Rothfuss teamed with game designer James Ernest to create Tak that was initially mentioned in Rothfuss’ book; ‘The Wise Man’s Fear’. That game is one of the best of the last decade. And of course there is Jetan, a form of chess drawn from Edgar Rice Burroughs’ novel The Chessmen of Mars which dates back to 1922, and is quite playable although you do need to ‘bodger’ your own set of pieces. While games do come out of books, they also inspire them.
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Charles P. Lake.
Charles P. Lake.
ROCKLAND Charles P. Lake, 80, passed away Sunday, March 7, at the Woodlands from complications of COVID-19 and dementia.
Charlie was born July 19, 1940, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Mary Lee (Hagan) and R. T. Lake. He was one of 7 children, and graduated from Modoc High School in 1958. Charlie joined the Navy in 1959 and served on the
USS Chipola, an oiler. He was very proud of the fact that he had observed atomic blasts in the Pacific in 1962. He was also stationed in Japan and Hawaii.
He met Joan DeCastro in Baltimore one day before his ship sailed back to San Francisco, and it was love at first sight. They married in Reno, Nevada, in 1961, and when he was discharged from the Navy came back to live with Joan’s parents in Rockland, Maine, whom he loved dearly. Charlie and Joan held a second wedding ceremony in Rockland.