Making history: Henry Lowood on curating board gaming's past

The Stanford University professor has documented video gaming's history. Now he's turning his attention to the tabletop

How many board games have ever been made? What’s the earliest board game ever made? What’s the furthest a board game has ever been thrown? Why are cards? Why are your eyes leaking, father?

As a parent, you get used to being fielded constant, unanswerable questions such as these (I mean, not exactly these ones, but you get the idea). And, after a while, y…