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[Review] The Games People Play: An Introduction to Tabletop Gaming in Gwangju
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- 2015-03-24
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Speaker : Dave St. John
Writer : Lee Jueun
Co-Writer : William Urbanski
Date : March 21, 2015
On a beautiful first day of spring with many people in attendance, Dave St. John gave a GIC Talk about “Table Top Gaming in Gwangju.”.
This talk explained the reasons why people started playing games and the history of gaming. Surprisingly, gaming started over 5,000 years ago. All over the world, people played games and we have evidence of games from the ancient Mesopotamian civilization as well as historical Iran and Iraq. Moreover, he explained many kinds of games such as dice, Mancala, Backgammon, and Chess. The talk also featured interesting commercials and short videos of games. This talk was pretty different than previous GIC Talks because afterwards, everyone was invited to play some board games with each other which made the atmosphere active.
Dave also gave information about International Table Top day, on April 11, 2015. You can learn more about it at www.tabletopday.com or by visiting The First Alleyway, the American restaurant in Chungjangno, on that date. This will be an perfect opportunity to gather around family and friends by playing games.
During the Q and A portion of the talk Dave addressed a negative stigma surrounding gamers in general, saying, “You do not have to be a nerd, you just need an imagination, and everyone has an imagination.” Also, addressing the recent resurgence of board games, he said, “The great games will only help the industry grow and table top gaming is only going to grow.”
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