It's All a Game: The History of Board Games from Monopoly to Settlers of Catan

by Tristan Donovan

Book Overview

"[A] timely book...It's All a Game provides a wonderfully entertaining trip around the board, through 4,000 years of game history." --The Wall Street Journal

Board games have been with us longer than even the written word. But what is it about this pastime that continues to captivate us well into the age of smartphones and instant gratification?

In It's All a Game, British journalist and renowned...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250082722
• ISBN13: 9781250082725
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"