Your Move: What Board Games Teach Us About Life by Jonathan Kay and Joan Moriarity, 180 pages. NON-FICTION. Sutherland House, 2019. $18.
Language: R (8 swears, 3 “f”); Mature Content: PG13; Violence: PG
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Jonathan and Joan are both passionate about board games. They have written and compiled a collection of independent essays about different lessons that we learn about society, history, economy, ourselves, and more from the games we play.
I found about half of the fifteen essays to be dry and difficult to read, but I enjoyed the others. Chapters 3 and 12 were my favorites because they discussed games that I loved growing up. While I am not as avid of a board-gamer as the authors of these essays, reading the last couple chapters about their favorite games makes me want to try new board games -- maybe I can still find a game that calls to me. The mature content rating is for mentions of rape and sexual abuse.
Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen
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Interesting book. I HATE board games, so I almost want to read this to find out what I'm not "getting" about them. Wish it hadn't had mature content, though.
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