Across the Board: How Games Make Us Human

Across the Board is a rollicking journey through the history and culture of tabletop games and the unparalleled way that they bring people together "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 & Sit Down "The best book on games I've read in years." --G.T. Karber, bestselling author of Murdle 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. 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