How many lives have Monopoly and Playing Cards saved? Turns out, the answer is in the thousands. This week Cassandra talks about the ways that games have been used as tools of war- as a means of educating wartorn populations, boosting morale, and as incognito war prison escape kits.
Games we played:
The Taverns of Tiefenthal https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/269207/taverns-tiefenthal
Cribbage https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2398/cribbage
Punderdome https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/202771/punderdome-card-game-pun-lovers
Micropul https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/10660/micropul
Nova Luna https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284435/nova-luna
Anomia https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/67877/anomia
Games we Mentioned:
Monopoly escape kits https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/01/how-monopoly-games-helped-allied-pows-escape-during-world-war-ii/266996/
Map decks https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/wwii-decks-of-cards-hidden-maps.html
Most Wanted Playing Cards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most-wanted_Iraqi_playing_cards
Ordnance Playing Cards https://www.wopc.co.uk/blog/ordnance-recognition-playing-cards-cards-designed-to-help-people-at-risk-from-unexploded-bombs
Cold Case Playing Cards http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/OSI/Cold-Case-Playing-Cards/Cold-Case-Playing-Cards.aspx