The Secret History of Board Games (w/ Tim Clare)

How is Abraham Lincoln’s beard responsible for modern board gaming? Did Swedish prisons really make inmates roll death saves? What is it about board games that sink their hooks into us? This week on Quests N' Answers, Dan Casey sits down with author Tim Clare to answer all of these questions and more, which are explored at length in his new book Across the Board: How Board Games Make Us Human Learn more about Across the Board: How Board Games Make Us Human: http://bit.ly/403G7Nh New episodes of Quests N’ Answers air every Wednesdays on Geek & Sundry or wherever you get your podcasts: ⁠https://lnk.to/goblinmodepod⁠ Learn more and sign up for the Geek & Sundry newsletter at ⁠https://www.geekandsundry.com/⁠! Subscribe to Geek and Sundry: ⁠http://goo.gl/B62jl⁠ Twitter: ⁠http://twitter.com/geekandsundry⁠ Facebook: ⁠http://facebook.com/geekandsundry⁠ Instagram: ⁠http://instagram.com/geekandsundry⁠ TikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@geekandsundry #podcast #boardgames #author