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The social side of games and playing with people you know.
Games keep us connected
Why playing something together is an easier way to stay in touch than finding an evening you are both free.
How to stay connected in a long-distance relationship
Sharing the ordinary moments when you cannot share the room, and the small rituals that survive a time difference.
Why you should play more games with your parents
A game gives you something to do together, and a reason to get in touch that needs no reason.
You can just show up
Staying in touch without having to be interesting, entertaining or free at the same time as anybody else.
Why We Get Competitive With Our Friends
Why do friendly games bring out our competitive side? A look at social comparison, and why we love beating our friends.
What backgammon can teach you about patience
Rolls you can't hurry, positions that take a few turns to build, and a friend's move worth waiting for.
Grown-ups still play. We just call it something else.
Crosswords, pub quizzes, a card game at Christmas: we never stopped playing, we just stopped calling it that.
Checkers, backgammon or chess: which one suits you?
Three classic board games, three kinds of thinking, and only one of them lets the dice have a say.
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