Fun group biography about 7 of the most popular games in world history: Checkers, Backgammon, Chess, Go, Poker, Scrabble, and Bridge. Roeder introduces the reader to a host of characters throughout history to show how important games are to humanity. He really gets into some of the intricacies of each of the games and uses the subject to speak on topics like cognition and the advancement of AI.

Overall, I think Seven Games is a nice glimpse into the joy of play. Games as a medium are very important to me. This gave me some extra insight on my feelings about them.