RN Documentary: Games Afoot
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From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Length: 00:29:30
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Your trivia questions for today: which country hosts the world's largest games convention? What is the world's most mysterious board game? How do new games get invented and brought to the public's attention?
Throw the dice, land on the square and you'll get the answer in the documentary 'Games Afoot', with Laura Durnford. Join her as she makes her moves and discovers why a surprisingly large number of people are very interested in board games – and not only in playing them; it's a game of detective work for historians, a gambling game for businessmen and, for inventors, a game of pursuit. Join the chase; the game's afoot!
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Your trivia questions for today: which country hosts the world's largest games convention? What is the world's most mysterious board game? How do new games get invented and brought to the public's attention? Throw the dice, land on the square and you'll get the answer in the documentary 'Games Afoot', with Laura Durnford. Join her as she makes her moves and discovers why a surprisingly large number of people are very interested in board games – and not only in playing them; it's a game of detective work for historians, a gambling game for businessmen and, for inventors, a game of pursuit. Join the chase; the game's afoot!
Transcript
Radio Netherlands International - www.rnw.nl Documentary: "Games Afoot"
TX: Wednesday 15th & Friday 17th & Sunday 19th December 2004
Production No: 1003901
Producer / Presenter : Laura Durnford
Contributors:
- Paul Clark: Artist, theatre-maker & inventor of the new boardgame ‘Krabcek’
- Ben Apon: Director – GamesForMotion, Tailor-made games publishing & production company, NL
- Irving Finkel & Colin Mackenzie: Curators of the “Art of Contest” exhibition on Asian games at the Asia Society & Museum, New York, USA
- Richard Harris & ‘Ratty’: Games enthusiasts and visitors at the Essen Games Fair
- Dominique Metzler: Partner, Friedhelm-Merz Verlag – organiser of the Internationale Spieletage (games fair) in Essen, Germany
- Bernd Brunnhofer: Director of Hans in Glück, games publishing company, Germany
- Dr Alex de Voogt: Boardgames researcher, Leiden University, NL
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Kari Chapin
Posted on January 24, 2005 at 04:06 AM | Permalink
Review of RN Documentary: Games Afoot
Fun! This light-hearted piece was just what I needed on a Monday morning. I enjoyed hearing/learning about how board games are invented. This piece takes the listener to cafes in Amsterdam to conventions in Germany. The people interviewed in this piece are interesting and the visual descriptions of places where interviews take place very clear and good.
I had never given much thought to how board games came into being, and now I am motivated to learn the history of the ones I like to play the most.
A topic that might seem like a bit of a bore on the outside was presented well and was even intriguing. I learned a lot from listening to this piece. For example, designers of board games in Germany have their name on the game box. They are treated like an author would be and I found that to be very interesting. That makes the games more personal and I like the idea.
This piece would work well on a morning show or on a Sunday afternoon.