“History, after all, is a game. The point is to be knights — not pawns.”
— Hakim Bey in Moorish Tag Day

Quote featured at HISTORY IS A GAME from the Ministry of Information.

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  4. “Well, I developed that simple Great Idea and came to New York with the results of it. I went straight to the office of Vanity Fair, and, lo, great was my reward! The editor and I tried out a few hands at double dummy. He liked the game at once, and summoned to our aid that noted authority on every game from Scat to Poker, Mr. R. F. Foster. Mr. Foster also liked the game, and has worked at the theory of it pretty steadily ever since, He has introduced it to certain of the leading card clubs, and has even crystallized my crude idea into a pamphlet of official rules.”
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