{"product_id":"the-games-we-played-the-golden-age-of-board-table-games","title":"The Games We Played: The Golden Age of Board \u0026 Table Games","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs families are rediscovering the joys and virtues of staying and entertaining at home  board games have surged in popularity indeed  sales doubled in the last year alone. this mirrors a trend in the late nineteenth century the heyday of American boards and table games when  fueled by the introduction of games coincided with a growing need for middle-class social entertainment. Then  like now  the games that best captured players imaginations mimicked  and sometimes poked fun at  the culture that produced them Organized around themes such as courtship  commerce  travel  sports  and city life  The Games We Played brings together over one hundred eye-catching examples of Americas rare and popular board games  such as The Game of Playing Department Store  which encourage players to accumulate the greatest quantity of goods while spending their money as economically as possible  and Bulls and Bears: The Great Wall St. Game  in which players try their hand as speculators  bankers  and brokers  yelling each other down as if in a trading pit. This playful visual survey of its thematic essays will cause board and table game aficionados to share in the revelry of togetherness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44983643242549,"sku":"ByrdShop_1568983972","price":49.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781568983974.jpg?v=1770804579","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-games-we-played-the-golden-age-of-board-table-games","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}