Game Theory: How Table-Top And Board Games Came Back Into Vogue

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Game Theory: How Table-Top And Board Games Came Back Into Vogue

开云体育 | By Ric Cengeri,

Steve Zind

Published August 24, 2016 at 12:00 PM EDT

Even the dice are different from when you played games as a kid.

Families have spent countless hours playing Monopoly, Sorry, and Chutes and Ladders. And while those games are timeless, board games and table-top games have evolved and have seen a resurgence.

Now games like Settlers of Catan, Terra Mystica, Vikings, and Betrayal at the House on the Hill are captivating game players everywhere.

We talk with Andrew Liptak, co-founder of , and Benjamin Higgins, manager of , about the new wave of games. And we hear from Robert Dijkman Dulkes and Matt Golec, creators of .

Also on the program, from our , we hear from Vermont singer-songwriter , who now calls Los Angeles home.

And in our next segment of Summer School we learn how to keep clocks ticking.

Broadcast on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016 at noon and 7 p.m.

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Ric Cengeri

Ric was a producer for Vermont Edition and host of the VPR Cafe.

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Steve Zind

Steve has been with VPR since 1994, first serving as host of VPR鈥檚 public affairs program and then as a reporter, based in Central Vermont. Many VPR listeners recognize Steve for his special reports from Iran, providing a glimpse of this country that is usually hidden from the rest of the world. Prior to working with VPR, Steve served as program director for WNCS for 17 years, and also worked as news director for WCVR in Randolph. A graduate of Northern Arizona University, Steve also worked for stations in Phoenix and Tucson before moving to Vermont in 1972. Steve has been honored multiple times with national and regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for his VPR reporting, including a 2011 win for best documentary for his report, Afghanistan's Other War.

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