Your Move: What Board Games Teach Us About Life by Jonathan Kay (English) Paperb

Description: Your Move by Jonathan Kay, Joan Moriarity Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description The great board game revolution is here-- What do these games tell us about our society, our relationships, and ourselves? "Games, Jonathan Kay and Joan Moriarity show in this lively and insightful book, are not just fun and games: they allow us to explore the complexities of the world, from evolution to war to climate." - STEVEN PINKER, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and author of Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress "Kay and Moriarity are both skilled writers and elucidators, and their voices are distinct enough to provide the book with a pleasing yin and yang. Its a far more perceptive and intriguing book than it appears at first blush, particularly for those readers who have never thought of games as an artistic medium - at least not one that comments on society." - KIRKUS REVIEWS Board games are among our most ancient and beloved art forms. During the rise of digital media, they fell from prominence for a decade or two but today they are in a new golden age. Theyre ingeniously designed, beautiful to look at, and exhilarating to play. Games are reclaiming their place in our culture, as entertainment, social activity, and intellectual workout equipment. Alone among all art forms, games require their audience (called "players") to participate. If nobodys playing, there is no game. As a result, games can tell far more about us than our TV shows, movies or music ever could. How does The Game of Life illustrate our changing attitudes about virtue? How does a World War II conflict simulation game explain the shortcomings of a failed novelist? Each chapter of Your Move examines one game, and what it reveals about our culture, history, society, and relationships. The books two co-authors bring the perspectives of a writer who plays, and a player who writes. Before Jonathan Kay began his distinguished career as an author and commentator, he had a passion for games, and in recent years he has rediscovered them. Meanwhile, Joan Moriaritys career has been spent designing, developing, distributing, art directing, recommending and teaching board games and, recently, writing about them for a wider audience. With its short, punchy essays, and beautiful photographs of the games themselves, every chapter will be a worthwhile read in itself, and the book overall will leave you inspired to discover the truths of your own inner and outer world through play -- whether youre a seasoned veteran or a total newcomer. Author Biography Joan Moriarity has been playing tabletop games since shortly after she learned to speak. She has worked in the tabletop game industry for two decades; after eight years of recommending and teaching games at Snakes & Lattes in Toronto, she has begun writing and speaking about the magic of games and the power of playfulness. Her work has appeared in The Walrus and she has lectured at the University of Toronto and the Linden School. She firmly believes that 4E was the best edition of Dungeons & Dragons, and she will fight you. Jonathan Kay is a managing editor, columnist and blogger at Canadaâs National Post newspaper. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Harperâs, Commentary magazine, Salon, Readerâs Digest and Newsweek. He is a visiting fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington, D.C. Details ISBN 1999439546 ISBN-13 9781999439545 Title Your Move Author Jonathan Kay, Joan Moriarity Format Paperback Year 2019 Pages 180 Publisher The Sutherland House Inc. 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