Did you know that dice were once taxed and Monopoly did help some to get out of jail? The board and table games industry in Britain accounts for 6% of worldwide revenues, and hosts the third largest games event in the world, but how did it develop? We look at where games came from and how they were used to promote ideas of Empire, virtuous behaviour and political debate with some surprises along the way. And what does any of this have to do with Julie Andrews?
Views: 100 | Enquiries: 1I was born and raised in Scotland but have lived in England since my early 20s, though my accent is still noticeable! I worked for most of my adult life as a management consultant but laterally worked for 7 years at Guide Dogs, managing their data analyst section (you can blame me for you being selected as a good candidate to do their raffle!). I have a range of interests, some of which I've been developing into talks I can give. These include subjects such as board and table games (I run two board games groups within a local U3A) and Shakespeare (which I disliked when young but grew to love). My talks usually have some humour injected into them (or, as someone once said, "he thinks they have"!).
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