The Game Changers

<p><b>Why is playing games a universal human instinct?</b><br> <b>Why did the same games evolve across wildly different civilisations?</b><br> <b>And how can those games make your life happier, healthier and more fulfilled?</b><br><br> 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.<br><br> From Roman anti-cheating devices to organised crime card syndicates, from Pokémon''s world domination to the combative domestic bonding ritual of Monopoly, <i>The Game Changers</i> 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.</p>