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CheckPoint Gaming

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CheckPoint Gaming episodes

  • Chess: Episode 8 - Variants of Chaturaji

    With this episode, it goes over some variants that exist for chaturaji. But if you're aware of additional variants, then feel free to share it with us. And if we get enough suggestions, then we might do a part two to this episode. So with that said, we hope you enjoy.


    Credits

    Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

    Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

    Voice Talent – ElevenLabs: Taylor

    Editor - Bradley P. Thomas


    Copyright Disclaimer: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research.  Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.  Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

    ⁠https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

    8 min
  • Chess: Episode 7 - Chaturaji

    With this episode, it goes over the variant of chess that is known as chaturaji which has its origins found in India. In addition to this, instead of it being a two-player version of chess, it is a four-player version of chess with the players having the possibility of playing in teams. So with that said, we hope you enjoy.


    Credits

    Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

    Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

    Voice Talent – ElevenLabs: Taylor

    Editor - Bradley P. Thomas


    Copyright Disclaimer: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research.  Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.  Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

    https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

    12 min
  • Chess: Episode 6 - Chaturanga

    With this episode, it goes over the Indian version of chess that goes by the name of Chaturanga. With Chaturanga, it is seen as the progenitor of all other forms of chess. Although there is a fair amount of parallels to that of chess, it does have its own flair to it as well. So with that said, we hope you enjoy.


    Credits

    Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

    Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

    Voice Talent – ElevenLabs: Taylor

    Editor - Bradley P. Thomas


    Copyright Disclaimer: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research.  Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.  Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

    https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

    8 min
  • Chess: Episode 5 - Blind and Visually Impaired Players

    With this episode, it goes over the means of playing chess for those who are blind or visually impaired. This episode goes over the modifications that are made in order to allow said players to actually play the game, despite their disability. So with that said, we hope you enjoy.


    Credits

    Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

    Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

    Voice Talent – ElevenLabs: Taylor

    Editor - Bradley P. Thomas


    Copyright Disclaimer: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research.  Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.  Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

    https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

    7 min
  • Chess: Episode 4 - Variants of Chess

    With this episode, it goes over just a few variants of Western chess and how to go about playing them. This includes "Rapid Chess," "Blitz Chess," and "Chess960."


    Credits

    Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

    Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

    Voice Talent – ElevenLabs: Taylor

    Editor - Bradley P. Thomas


    Copyright Disclaimer: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research.  Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.  Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

    ⁠⁠https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

    9 min
  • Chess: Episode 3 - Competitive Rules for Chess

    With this episode, it goes over the competitive rules that exist for that of chess. And though we used the rules setup by the International Chess Federation as the primarily source of information, we pulled from other sources as well. With that said, make sure you know which rules are in place whenever you signup for a given chess competition.


    Credits

    Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

    Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

    Voice Talent – ElevenLabs: Taylor, ElevenLabs: Jack, ElevenLabs: Hades

    Editor - Bradley P. Thomas


    Copyright Disclaimer: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research.  Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.  Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

    ⁠https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

    40 min
  • Chess: Episode 2 - Basic Rules of Chess

    With this episode, it goes over the basic rules of chess. This includes how to setup the board and pieces, how the pieces moves upon the board, and what the endgame is in order for the player to win, and we're not talking about the Thanos Snap type of endgame.


    Credits

    Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

    Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

    Voice Talent – ElevenLabs: Taylor

    Editor - Bradley P. Thomas


    Copyright Disclaimer: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research.  Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.  Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

    https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

    21 min
  • Chess: Episode 1 - Introduction to Chess

    With this episode, it is the initial episode on our series pertaining to that of chess. It is also the introductory episode for that of Western chess which is the version of chess that we're most familiar with as members of Western Civilization. So with that said, we hope you enjoy this series and we look forward to you returning to learn about the variants of chess that we cover in this series.


    Credits

    Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

    Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

    Voice Talent – ElevenLabs: Taylor

    Editor - Bradley P. Thomas


    Copyright Disclaimer: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research.  Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.  Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

    https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

    3 min
  • Dominoes: Episode 5 - Chickenfoot Dominoes

    With this episode, it focuses upon one particular variant of dominoes that is known as Chickenfoot Dominoes which includes how to go about playing it and why it is known as Chicketfoot. So with that said, we hope you enjoy.


    Credits

    Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

    Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

    Voice Talent – ElevenLabs: Taylor

    Editor - Bradley P. Thomas


    Copyright Disclaimer: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research.  Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.  Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

    https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

    9 min
  • Dominoes: Episode 4 - Variants

    With this episode, it goes over some of the variants found for the game of dominoes. Since there are other variants found out there, we'd like to hear from you, the audience, on what these other variants are so that we can include them in a potential follow up episode. So with that said, we hope you enjoy.


    Credits

    Writer - Bradley P. Thomas

    Producer - Bradley P. Thomas

    Voice Talent – ElevenLabs: Taylor

    Editor - Bradley P. Thomas


    Copyright Disclaimer: Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research.  Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.  Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

    https://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

    21 min

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CheckPoint Gaming is your go-to podcast for learning how to play board games, card games, and tabletop systems. Instead of giving quick overviews, we take a deep dive into the rules—consolidating,…