How to win games and beat people

Defeat and demolish your family and friends!

Tom Whipple

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English

Virgin Books
01 August 2019

Popular science; Board games; Gift books

Discover the real ways to win every game imaginable!

Are you fed up losing at family board game nights? Do you want to learn how to destroy the competition?

Get the inside tips from preposterously overqualified experts on how to win a range of common family games, board games and more.
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A mime artist tells you how to do the best charades
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A mathematician tells you how to win Connect 4
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A professional racing driver tells you how to take corners in Scalextric
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A Scrabble champion reveals his secrets
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A game theorist tells you what properties to buy in Monopoly in order to bankrupt and embarrass your competitors.

This is a must read for anyone who takes games too seriously and for bad losers everywhere.

By: Tom Whipple
Imprint: Virgin Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 178mm, Width: 110mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 106g
ISBN: 9780753554739
ISBN 10: 0753554739
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 01 August 2019
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tom Whipple is the science editor at The Times. He covers everything from archaeology to zoology. He writes news, features, reviews and commentary across the paper, as well as appearing regularly on Times Radio. He joined the paper in 2006, shortly after graduating with a degree in mathematics. During the course of his job he has visited the tunnels below Cern and the top of Mont Blanc above it. He has seen the inside of the world's hottest sauna and the world's most irradiated nature reserve. He has interviewed Stephen Hawking and Jedward. He has been arrested in three different countries. As well as The Times, he has written for the Guardian and The Economist. He was named science journalist of the year for his coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Reviews for How to win games and beat people: Defeat and demolish your family and friends!

“It sounds utterly brilliant” -- Editor's Choice * The Bookseller * This book is fantastic! * Steve Wright, BBC Radio 2 * Tom Whipple’s little red book is the tome to tuck into your weekend bag if you know you’re going be Monopolised or Scrabbled * Harpers Baazar *