Tim Clare & Irving Finkel: The History of Board Games

Sat, 18 Oct, 2025 at 05:30 pm UTC+01:00

Augustine Hall, Augustine House | Canterbury

Publisher/HostCanterbury Festival

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Tim Clare & Irving Finkel: The History of Board Games

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Why is playing games a universal human instinct?
British Museum curator and global expert on cuneiform tablet games, Dr Irving Finkel, speaks to Tim Clare, author of The Game Changers: How Playing Games Changed the World and Can Change You Too, about our enduring fascination with a good game and the role they play in human civilisation, past and present.
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Augustine Hall, Augustine House, 7 Vernon Place, Canterbury, CT1 3HG, United Kingdom

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