Avidly Reads Board Games
$37.31
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
18 November 2019
Summary
“How we should think about board games, and what do they do to us as we play them?” Writer and critic Eric Thurm digs deep into his own experience as a board game enthusiast to explore the emotional and social rules that games create and reveal, telling a series of stories about a pastime that is also about relationships. From the outdated gender roles in Life and Mystery Date to the cutthroat, capitalist priorities of Monopoly and its socialist counterpart, Class Struggle, Thurm thinks th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781479826957 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1479826952 |
| Author: | Eric Thurm |
| Publisher: | New York University Press |
| Imprint: | New York University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 18 November 2019 |
| Weight: | 182g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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Critics Review
Readers with an avid devotion to a hobby bordering on obsession could empathize, and this is one of the charms of Avidly Reads: where a nonfiction author who is enthusiastic about their subject matter strives to maintain an even tone, here, their devotion for board games shines through. (Popmatters) Avidly Reads Board Games puts this marvelous form of group entertainment center stage and explores both the author’s personal connection with the genre and how different games create different experiences, both intentionally and unintentionally. (Manhattan Book Review)
About The Author
Eric Thurm
Eric Thurm is a writer whose work has appeared in, among other publications, Esquire, WIRED, Real Life, and The New York Times.
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