Tim Clare 
The Game Changers [EPUB ebook] 
How Playing Games Changed the World and Can Change You Too

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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
‘Clare is a fabulous tour guide through the history of table games’ Tom Brewster, presenter of Shut Up & Sit Down
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 domestic bonding ritual of Monopoly, The Game Changers explains why games are more popular now than ever, and how playing them helps us learn to be better losers, make smarter decisions and become more human.

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Tim Clare is a writer, poet and musician. He won Best Biography/Memoir at the East Anglian Book Awards for his first book, We Can’t All Be Astronauts, while his fiction debut, The Honours, was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize. He has performed his work at festivals and clubs across the world, on BBC TV and radio. Tim has also written for the Guardian, The Times, the Independent, and the Big Issue, and presents the fiction writing podcast Death Of 1000 Cuts.@timclarepoet | timclarepoet.co.uk

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Lingua Inglese ● Formato EPUB ● Pagine 272 ● ISBN 9781837260003 ● Dimensione 1.5 MB ● Età 22-99 anni ● Casa editrice Canongate Books ● Città Edinburgh ● Paese GB ● Pubblicato 2024 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 9348878 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM
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