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Description of  Tortured Cardboard: How Great Board Games Arise from Chaos, Survive by Chance, Impart Wisdom, and Gain Immortality

Be enlightened and entertained. Be prepared for irreverence. Come on this journey through time and witness how these games came to be, why they flourish, and what you can gain by applying their secrets. The term tortured cardboard sums up what happens to cardboard when making a board game (bound, cut, folded, punched). And, as youll learn, great board games often reflect whatever tortures culture. Each gained immortality after a chaotic beginning and a chance survival. Why? Becausebe it chess, backgammon, Clue, Monopoly, Scrabble, Settlers of Catan, or one of ten others featured in this bookeach is replete with lessons applicable to achievement in Read more