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Start Over Topic games Publication Year Range Last 50 years Publication Type Book Reviews Publisher new statesman ltd.
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1. Bored games.

Author

Timblick, Terry

Subjects
*CARD games, *GAMES, *BOARD games, *COVID-19
Abstract

It may be time to play Corona Wars: Survival, an "exciting" card game inviting you "to fight your friends or form alliances while controlling a faction in a post-Covid virus world". The Covid-19 Board Game. Try to accumulate loo paper and hand sanitiser - but don't land on "self-quarantine" (you'll lose your turn). [Extracted from the article]

Published
2020

2. Game theory leads to monkey business.

Author

Brooks, Michael

Subjects
*GAME theory, *PATTERN perception, *SCIENCE, *RESEARCH, *GAMES
Abstract

The author argues that human beings are physiologically built to respond to and analyze patterns, which is at the root of scientific study. According to the article, the University of Washington published a paper on June 20, 2011, that described the childhood game rock-paper-scissors as played with three strains of E coli bacteria.

Published
2011