How many lives have Monopoly and Playing Cards saved? Turns out, the answer is in the thousands. This week Cassandra talks about the ways that games have been used as tools of war- as a means of educating wartorn populations, boosting morale, and as incognito war prison escape kits.

Games we played:

The Taverns of Tiefenthal
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/269207/taverns-tiefenthal

Cribbage
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2398/cribbage

Punderdome
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/202771/punderdome-card-game-pun-lovers

Micropul
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/10660/micropul

Nova Luna
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284435/nova-luna

Anomia
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/67877/anomia

Games we Mentioned:

Monopoly escape kits
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/01/how-monopoly-games-helped-allied-pows-escape-during-world-war-ii/266996/

Map decks
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/wwii-decks-of-cards-hidden-maps.html

Most Wanted Playing Cards
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most-wanted_Iraqi_playing_cards

Ordnance Playing Cards
https://www.wopc.co.uk/blog/ordnance-recognition-playing-cards-cards-designed-to-help-people-at-risk-from-unexploded-bombs

Cold Case Playing Cards
http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/OSI/Cold-Case-Playing-Cards/Cold-Case-Playing-Cards.aspx

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