Many thanks to Canongate Books and NetGalley for giving me an ARC of Tim Clare's newest nonfiction title, "The Game Changers: How Playing Games Changed the World and Can Change You Too"! (Image from Goodreads ) The premise of Clare's work really piqued my interest, especially since I hadn't heard of another publication about why playing games is a universal human instinct; why the same games evolved across different civilisations; and how those games make our lives happier, healthier and more fulfilled. And may I say that, in terms of book summaries, this is the most accurate one I have read in so long that I cannot express my appreciation to Canongate Books for not misleading readers with that part of the book, which I feel is rare these days. I decided to read this slowly and ended up reading one chapter every evening. Clare's book provided fantastic hisotry lessons which give context for games that have been discovered which includes the histories of dice ...
