The third of four diverse features about games and their players.
The Board Game Game
Goose from 16th-century Italy was probably the first, Big
Funeral and How to Be a Jewish Mother rank among the more bizarre titles, and industry staples like Monopoly and Trivial Pursuit sell in their tens of millions every year. Nick Baker throws the dice, learns a few expert Scrabble tricks, meets a man with 20,000 board games in his cellar and hears how you can make a million by inventing one of your own.
Producer ANDREW PARFITT. Stereo (R)