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''The best book on games I''ve read in years'' G.T. KARBER, the number one Sunday Times bestselling author of MURDLE

Why is playing games a universal human instinct?
Why did the same games evolve across wildly different civilisations?
And how can those games make your life happier, healthier and more fulfilled?

The history of board games is really the history of human civilisation. Through it we see how our species has learned to live with one another, make deals, take on different roles and manage the ups and downs of luck.

In this entertaining and thought-provoking look at games through the ages, Tim Clare explores the legal highs of a good dice roll, the thrills of a predatory race game and the tactile pleasures of the games that age with us through our lives to discover how, through play, we become fully ourselves.

Drawing on Roman anti-cheating devices, organised crime card syndicates and the combative domesti

The Game Changers

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    A Hardback by Tim Clare

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      Publisher Canongate Books
      Published 1 July 2024
      ISBN-13 9781805301349
      978-1805301349
      ISBN-10 1805301349
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      History Social and cultural history

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''The best book on games I''ve read in years'' G.T. KARBER, the number one Sunday Times bestselling author of MURDLE

      Why is playing games a universal human instinct?
      Why did the same games evolve across wildly different civilisations?
      And how can those games make your life happier, healthier and more fulfilled?

      The history of board games is really the history of human civilisation. Through it we see how our species has learned to live with one another, make deals, take on different roles and manage the ups and downs of luck.

      In this entertaining and thought-provoking look at games through the ages, Tim Clare explores the legal highs of a good dice roll, the thrills of a predatory race game and the tactile pleasures of the games that age with us through our lives to discover how, through play, we become fully ourselves.

      Drawing on Roman anti-cheating devices, organised crime card syndicates and the combative domesti

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