{"product_id":"avidly-reads-board-games-paperback-softback-9781479826957","title":"Avidly Reads Board Games (Paperback \/ softback) 9781479826957","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAvidly Reads Board Games\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEric Thurm (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781479826957\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 19 November 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e144 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.1 cm, 0.144 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eReaders with an avid devotion to a hobby bordering on obsession could empathize, and this is one of the charms of\u003ci\u003e Avidly Reads\u003c\/i\u003e: where a nonfiction author who is enthusiastic about their subject matter strives to maintain an even tone, here, their devotion for board games shines through. (Popmatters) \u003ci\u003eAvidly Reads Board Games\u003c\/i\u003e puts this marvelous form of group entertainment center stage and explores both the author's personal connection with the genre and how different games create different experiences, both intentionally and unintentionally. (Manhattan Book Review)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"How we should think about board games, and what do they do to us as we play them?\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Writer and critic Eric Thurm digs deep into his own experience as a board game enthusiast to explore the emotional and social rules that games create and reveal, telling a series of stories about a pastime that is also about relationships. From the outdated gender roles in Life and Mystery Date to the cutthroat, capitalist priorities of Monopoly and its socialist counterpart, Class Struggle, Thurm thinks through his ongoing rivalries with his siblings and ponders the ways games both upset and enforce hierarchies and relationships—from the familial to the geopolitical. Like sitting down at the table for family game night, \u003ci\u003eBoard Games\u003c\/i\u003e is an engaging book of twists and turns, trivia, and nostalgia.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAvidly Reads\u003c\/i\u003e is a series of short books about how culture makes us feel. Founded in 2012 by Sarah Blackwood and Sarah Mesle, \u003ci\u003eAvidly\u003c\/i\u003e—an online magazine supported by the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e—specializes in short-form critical essays devoted to thinking and feeling. \u003ci\u003eAvidly Reads\u003c\/i\u003e is an exciting new series featuring books that are part memoir, part cultural criticism, each bringing to life the author's emotional relationship to a cultural artifact or experience. \u003ci\u003eAvidly Reads\u003c\/i\u003e invites us to explore the surprising pleasures and obstacles of everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"NYU Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52693396881688,"sku":"9781479826957","price":11.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/avidly-reads-board-games-paperback-softback-9781479826957","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}