In this latest episode, the Unexpected duo, Professor James Daybell and Dr Sam Willis unpack the box, set up the pieces and roll the dice of history to play around with the unexpected history of BOARDGAMES! Which is all about POW camps during WW2, portability and the Vasa Warship, which sank on its maiden voyage in 1628; it's about Hadrian's wall and chess as a way of look at a cultural history of the world, via the British Museum's Lewis Chessmen. It's also all about the history of game playing, the symbolism of backgammon and Arabic Biographer Ibn Khalikan (1211-82) and the mysterious world of Dungeons and Dragons. Who knew?

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