Seven Games Local history 'Right from the first chapter

'Right from the first chapter you know you are in the hands of a wonderful storyteller

and full of good cheer’ HELEN HOANG

or rustle up some pumpernickel and polenta soda bread to serve with soup on a chilly afternoon

and transforming retail in the same way that Henry Ford revolutionised manufacturing

low-brow references—Elizabeth Taylor’s hairstyles

Seven Games Local history 'Right from the first chapterCheckers, backgammon, chess, and Go. Poker, Scrabble, and bridge. These seven games, ancient and modern, fascinate millions of people worldwide. In Seven Games, Oliver Roeder charts their origins and historical importance, the delightful arcana of their rules, and the ways their design makes them pleasurable. Roeder introduces thrilling competitors, such as evangelical minister Marion Tinsley, who across forty years lost only three games of checkers;