Playing games

What are the biggest problems facing the economy - and how might we set about dealing with them - from inequality to inflation, domestic growth to geopolitics? On Radio 4's weekly discussion programme, setting the cultural agenda every Monday, Tom Sutcliffe leads a conversation e ...  عرض المزيد

In front of an audience at the Hay Festival, Tom Sutcliffe hosts Radio 4's discussion programme which starts the week, bringing together three thinkers who each, in different ways, examine the stories societies tell about themselves, and how those stories become enduring myths.Hi ...  عرض المزيد

<span data-sheets-value= "{"1":2,"2":"Checkers. Backgammon. Chess. Go. Poker. Scrabble. Bridge. These seven games, ancient and modern, fascinate millions of people worldwide. In his book Seven Games, game theorist Oliver Roeder charts their origins and historical importance, t ...

Do you realise that you and all the people you know play games with each other – all the time? It can be sexual games with a love interest, competitive games with our friends, power games with our boss, or marital games with our spouse. Regardless of the subject matter or the set ...  عرض المزيد

The year is 1982. The first compact disc player is released. George R. R. Martin’s book A Game of Thrones is still 14 years from being published. And a teenager named Robert Wardhaugh starts a game of Dungeons & Dragons. Thirty-eight years later, Wardhaugh and his group of friend ...  عرض المزيد

Donjons et Dragons ou D&D pour les puristes est une bible ou pour tous les amateurs de jeux de rôles. C'est d'ailleurs le tout premier jeu de rôle sur table de genre médiéval-fantastique créé dans les années 70 par un certain Gary Gygax. L'histoire qui se cache derrière cet homme ...  عرض المزيد