On today’s episode, we hop back in the time machine and explore part two of our brief history of tabletop gaming to get a better glimpse on their impacts on us and society.

In this second episode of a multi-part series, I highlight tabletop games from around last century. I dive into how a professor of entomology advanced war strategy forever, how a poet in the early 1900s accidentally taught us about taxation, & about a card game that you can use to literally build a computer from scratch.

On this episode, I explore the origins and design of war-games, trading card games, and role playing games.

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