{"id":11533,"date":"2017-09-21T21:52:50","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T13:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/?p=11533"},"modified":"2017-10-06T21:43:55","modified_gmt":"2017-10-06T13:43:55","slug":"creating-board-games-visual-basic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/index.php\/2017\/09\/21\/creating-board-games-visual-basic\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Board Games in Visual Basic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We can create board games in Visual Basic. Creating board games require some basic knowledge of maths as we need to perform some calculations. 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