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What do Jargon, Peanuts Chess, and MONOPOLY: Muppets Collector's Edition have in common? Correct. They are three excellent games from USAopoly, Encinitas, Calif. Jargon ($29.99) is for crossword lovers. For example, what do Yankees, jetlag, BBQ, gracias, and Arnold have in common? Each will win you big points in Jargon, where every word--be it slang, abbreviations, places, famous names, or foreign phrases--all count. Every round is played in conjunction with a particular lingo, such as Travel, Sports, Music, Hollywood, Military, and Politics.

Peanuts Chess ($39.95), meanwhile, is part of the retro movement that honors the king of lovable losers, Good or Charlie Brown. The hand-sculpted and -painted pieces feature Lucy (as Queen), Woodstock with his birdbath (as Knights), Linus and his blue blanket (as Bishops), Sally clutching a Valentine for her Sweet Baboo (as Rooks), Snoopy as "Joe Cool" (as Pawns)...