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Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.

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a collection of clips and things that have happened in recent months that are especially entertaining and evergreen as we say

now more of the Armstrong and Getty replay hey kids you want to play inflation yeah dad let's play

it's a history of the United States as seen through board games Do you want to play inflation? Yeah, Dad, let's play!

It's a history of the United States as seen through board games.

I actually found this deep, deep within the Wall Street Journal website.

They're running a series called USA 250, the story of the world's greatest economy,

and they look into various aspects of it.

And I found this one charming.

Board games were popular in the United States from the beginning, but they were generally brought from the old world, you know, chess, checkers, various card games, et cetera,

that had been around for ages and ages.

The very first American-made board game in 1822 was made by a small map company in New York.

It was called Travelers Tour Through the United States, a novelty that featured a hand-colored map of the then-24 states.

Peppered with towns and landmarks,

you make your way across the map by naming geographical facts, with the winner being the first person to reach New Orleans, which, I don't know, sounds reasonable.

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