Prominent public intellectuals offer their expertise on the games that shape aspects of all of our lives.

Introduction David Blagden and Mark de Rond; 1. Personal principles in the political game Sayeeda Warsi; 2. The game of crime and punishment Nicola Padfield; 3. Wittgenstein's games A. C. Grayling; 4. Games in sports David Brailsford; 5. Losing the 'new great game' Frank Ledwidge; 6. Games for the brain Barbara J. Sahakian, Camilla d'Angelo and George Savulich; 7. Games animals play Nicholas B. Davies; Afterword. The game theory of conflict: the prisoners' dilemma - an unsympathetic critique Thomas C. Schelling.