Games Britannia — Season 1, Episode 1: Dicing with Destiny
Documentary • 59 min • 1 season, 3 episodes
Episode synopsis
Games held a spiritual element from ancient times that by the late Middle Ages gave way to gambling. Victorian backlash against dice and card games sought to reposition games as moral educational tools.
About Games Britannia
Historian Benjamin Woolley unravels the cultural and social significance of popular games in Britain from the Iron Age to the Information Age.