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Pennick, Nigel
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1 author picked Games of the Gods as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book is the best I've come across that explores the overlap between games and fortune-telling with detailed examples from cultures around the world.
The suggestion in the book's title that board games originated from attempts to divine the future is perhaps questionable, but there is no doubt that the two have been entwined from the earliest times, which is not surprising because all games try to some extent to create a microcosm of some of life's aspects and people have never been able to resist trying to nudge things in a favorable direction. Or at least get a heads…
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