The Beautiful Game & The Mastery Of Truly Exceptional Leadership
The rules for the Edwardian board game pictured above have long ago vanished, it seems pretty straightforward though.
To play you choose one of three routes to leave London and race to Berlin, and advance by spinning a totem, or rolling dice. There are no snakes or ladders to delay or accelerate the journey; no lost luggage, missed trains or banker’s drafts to be collected poste restante, and the Map on which the game is based is to say the least, crude.
Simpler times, mai oui, but it’s a game that still requires some thought, strategy, tactics, and at least a soupcon of emotional intelligence.
Go To Jail Don’t Pass Go
Acey-Deucey. Kings Gambit. Bidding for tricks. Six to start. Slide down the snake. Take a chance card.
Who doesn’t like to play a game of something, and our ability to play rather than our capacity to think, has been more important to both our evolution and development.
The best games are perhaps those that are free to play, with known players, simple rules and a clear start and finish. Typically, there’s a winner, or winners, and also losers.
These games though give us the opportunity to innovate and try out new strategies and create and explore…
