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VPR's coverage of arts and culture in the region.

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

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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 Geek Mountain State, and Benjamin Higgins, manager of Quarterstaff Games, about the new wave of games. And we hear from Robert Dijkman Dulkes and Matt Golec, creators of Penny Press.

Also on the program, from our Live From the Fort Series, we hear from Vermont singer-songwriter Gregory Douglass, 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.

Ric was a producer for Vermont Edition and host of the VPR Cafe.
Steve has been with VPR since 1994, first serving as host of VPR’s 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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