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<p>This paper adopts a cultural biography perspective in examining some of the different ways board games are portrayed in the movies. It outlines the evidence base presented in appendices 1 and 2 and running to some 300 films. It identifies some of the shared linkages between board games, digital games and films and explores in more detail the role of dice, the way games shape and define character, place and time and how games help to define the past and the future.</p>
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This paper adopts a cultural biography perspective in examining some of the different ways board games are portrayed in the movies. It outlines the evidence base presented in appendices 1 and 2 and running to some 300 films. It identifies some of the shared linkages between board games, digital games and films and explores in more detail the role of dice, the way games shape and define character, place and time and how games help to define the past and the future.

Games of Character: The Role of Board, Dice &amp; Card Games in Popular Cinema

Board Game Studies Journal

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Games of Character: The Role of Board, Dice & Card Games in Popular Cinema

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This paper adopts a cultural biography perspective in examining some of the different ways board games are portrayed in the movies. It outlines the evidence...

Games of Character: The Role of Board, Dice & Card Games in Popular Cinema

Published Online: Oct 13, 2022

Page range: 17 - 46

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bgs-2022-0018

Keywords
Backgammon, board games, cards, chess, dice, divination, fate, films, movies, snakes and ladders

© 2022 Mark A. Hall, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Games of Character: The Role of Board, Dice & Card Games in Popular Cinema

Published Online: Oct 13, 2022

Page range: 17 - 46

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bgs-2022-0018

KeywordsBackgammon, board games, cards, chess, dice, divination, fate, films, movies, snakes and ladders

© 2022 Mark A. Hall, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Backgammon, board games, cards, chess, dice, divination, fate, films, movies, snakes and ladders