Seven Games Local history and transforming retail in the

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

and full of good cheer’ HELEN HOANG

low-brow references—Elizabeth Taylor’s hairstyles

Recently returned to England

Seven Games Local history and transforming retail in theCheckers, 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;