News
A board-game classic, at the Comedy Theatre, with a serving of slapstick
3+ week, 1+ hour ago (408+ words) February 11, 2026 " 1:35pm THEATRECluedo "Comedy Theatre, until March 15 Every generation from the Boomers down knows Cluedo. Editions of the game have been around since 1949, and kids tend to learn what a murder mystery is by playing it " well before they're introduced to…...
Frustrated Khachanov smacks ball into crowd
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (27+ words) Karen Khachanov gave up a decisive break in the third set and was lucky not to recieve a code violation against Luciano Darderi. The Sydney Morning Herald...
Demon stunned as 90th ranked wins tiebreaker
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (29+ words) Hamad Medjedovic delivers a remarkable display on the court at Rod Laver Arena and wins the first-set tiebreak 7-5 against Alex de Minaur. The Sydney Morning Herald...
Was it Colonel Mustard with a candlestick in the library? Cluedo show makes a game of murder
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (409+ words) CLUEDO "Playhouse, QPAC, until February 1 It's hard to go wrong with cosy crime at the moment " just ask Richard Osman's accountant " and crime doesn't get much cosier than the guess-the-killer boardgame Cluedo (or Clue, as it's known in the US)....
The Queen’s Gambit made chess cool. This series turns it into a psychological thriller
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (533+ words) Orion Lee (left) as PC and Christian Cooke as Garry Kasparov in Rematch. Despite its rich history and customs, chess doesn't loom large in film and TV. In 2020, The Queen's Gambit came out of nowhere, a super-charged, fictionalised story of…...
Teenager dies after slipping off cliff on Sunshine Coast
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (35+ words) A 17-year-old girl was killed after slipping down a cliff at Moffat Beach on Queensland's Sunshine Coast while reportedly trying to take a photo. The Sydney Morning Herald The Sydney Morning Herald...
The sudden death of a young chess grandmaster and the cheating scandal upending the game
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1706+ words) By Jesse McKinley, Dylan Loeb McClain and Jonathan Abrams Daniel Naroditsky, a chess grandmaster who started as a child prodigy and quickly became one of the most influential American voices in the sport, died aged 29. The cause of his death…...
Interview with Magic the Gathering’s Gavin Verhey
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (47+ words) Magic the Gathering's principal designer Gavin Verhey has touched down in Australia for PAX Aus this weekend. 9news.com.au caught up with the former pro turned card creator to learn how he snagged his dream job at Wizards of the…...
Why this ancient Chinese board game is such a hit with Gen Z
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (983+ words) It's a Wednesday evening inside PS40, a stylish bar in Sydney's CBD. While torrential rain buckets down outside, inside the air is filled with quiet chatter and a persistent clinking " not of glasses, but of Mahjong tiles. Mahjong, the game which…...
Teenager defies the odds after breaking his neck at beach
5+ mon, 23+ hour ago (26+ words) A Perth teenager has defied the odds after walking out of hospital just six months after breaking his neck at Mullaloo Beach. The Sydney Morning Herald...