{"product_id":"the-philosophy-of-board-games-caroline-taggart-9780712355988","title":"The Philosophy of Board Games","description":"\u003cp\u003eThroughout history, people have sought to conquer, strategize, and journey across imagined worlds laid out in two dimensions. From the murky origins of humanity's earliest pastimes, where fortune-telling and play often overlapped, to modern classics such as \u003ci\u003eMonopoly\u003c\/i\u003e, board games have influenced everything from military strategy to artistic expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat makes them so enduring, so addictive, and so open to endless reinvention?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophy of Boardgames\u003c\/i\u003e, Caroline Taggart brings her trademark warmth and wit to a lively cultural history that reveals the checkered past of games and the ideas behind them. She explores how board games reflect our desires, anxieties, and ambitions, and how they have evolved alongside society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book ranges across a wide variety of subgenres, including early games, race games, chess, combat games, puzzle games, word games, quiz games, role-playing games, and collaborative games. Insightful and entertaining, it invites readers to look at the board from a new perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Caroline Taggart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0712355987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780712355988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e British Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Caroline Taggart","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48454415778047,"sku":"9780712355988","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1dbfd708-d5cf-4037-ac8b-52d54cc79b67.jpg?v=1777306101","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-philosophy-of-board-games-caroline-taggart-9780712355988","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}