{"product_id":"across-the-board-how-games-make-us-human-hardcover","title":"Across the Board: How Games Make Us Human - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTim Clare\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcross the Board \u003c\/i\u003eis a rollicking journey through the history and culture of tabletop games and the unparalleled way that they bring people together\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Rich with enticing origin stories, and a shining treatise on why games are so universal, so important, and so foundational to the human experience. This book beautifully explores their rich and textured legacy as everything from simple play to divine ritual. An exceptional read.\" --Tom Brewster, Shut Up \u0026amp; Sit Down\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The best book on games I've read in years.\" --G.T. Karber, bestselling author of Murdle\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tabletop games are ordinary and extraordinary. Ordinary because they're everywhere: played in bars and caf?s, churches and casinos, through sunless winters in polar research stations and in the sweltering summer heat of Tanzanian villages and streamed live over Twitch to millions of viewers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e They fill the activity pages of children's magazines and the halls of senior centers. They appear as smartphone apps and in luxury editions and as game boards scratched into the dirt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And they're extraordinary for precisely the same reason: they're everywhere, in every civilization, everywhere in the world across all recorded human history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eAcross the Board\u003c\/i\u003e, tabletop game aficionado Tim Clare takes us through that history and across those civilizations. We learn how the same games emerge over and over and how they've evolved and spread, as well as about the contemporary culture of gaming. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With rousing enthusiasm, Tim explores games as familiar to us as Monopoly or chess, as niche as Magic: The Gathering, and as unexpected as the Japanese poetry-matching card game karuta. We learn about games as recreation and as ritual, and above all, we see how they can be a way for us to come together--because of all the things that make us human, there's nothing quite so set up for connection as sharing a round of cards or the roll of a d20. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Told with fantastic wit and great love for the subject, Tim Clare's \u003ci\u003eAcross the Board \u003c\/i\u003eis a book for all of us, from the tic-tac-toe players to the dungeon masters and back again.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTim Clare\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning writer, poet, and creative writing podcaster. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eWe Can't All Be Astronauts\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCoward\u003c\/i\u003e, and the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Honours\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Ice House\u003c\/i\u003e. He has performed his work at festivals and clubs across the world, and on BBC TV and radio. Tim has also written for the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eIndependent, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBig Issue\u003c\/i\u003e, and presents the creative writing podcast \u003ci\u003eDeath Of 1,000 Cuts\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives with his family in Norwich in Norfolk, England.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 8.48 x 5.85 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 06, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52593407426867,"sku":"9781419780561","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/C2wN9RaggK9781419780561.webp?v=1761695635","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/across-the-board-how-games-make-us-human-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}