Dave Gorman Vs the Rest of the World, Dave Gorman
Dave Gorman Vs the Rest of the World, Dave Gorman
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Dave Gorman Vs the Rest of the World

Author: Dave Gorman

Narrator: Dave Gorman

Unabridged: 8 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: RH AudioGo

Published: 06/09/2011


Synopsis

Remember when you were a kid, and you used to go round to a friend's house to see if they were playing? Well, as adults we're not supposed to do that. Which is a shame... because Dave Gorman likes playing. He REALLY likes games. So he knocked on the biggest door you could ever imagine - the internet - and asked 76,000 people if they fancied a game. This is the story of what happened next.

Dave was up for anything and gamely played them at whatever they chose. He played some classics - Monopoly, Scrabble, dominoes and cribbage. He played many games he'd never heard of before - Khet, Kubb, Tikal or Smite anyone?

He played board games and physical games. He's thrown sticks, balls, frisbees and darts. He's rolled dice and he's drawn cards.

From Liverpool to Hampstead and from Croydon to Nottingham, Dave travelled the length and breadth of Britain meeting strangers in strange places - their homes, at work, in the back rooms of pubs - and getting some hardcore game action. From casual players to serious game geeks, from the rank amateur to the world champion, he discovered a nation of gamers more than happy to welcome him into their midst.

He's travelled all around the country and met all sorts of people - and it turns out us Brits are a competitive bunch. And it seems that playing games can teach you a lot about what makes the British tick. Of course, Dave hasn't been keeping score. Much.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Georgia on April 08, 2014

It's not often that I enjoy non-fiction. However, in this case, I did. I picked this off the shelf in my local library to read as a bedtime book (the only time when I really read non-fiction) something light, without a narrative, so that it doesn't matter if I fall asleep half way through a chapter.......more

Goodreads review by Baba on May 11, 2020

Comedian Dave Gorman… is on Twitter… he types 'Does anyone play any games? Real life, not computer games. Would you like a game? This book is the often funny, sometimes bizarre and a few times scary adventures Dave has playing games all over England and Wales! A typical interesting and funny Gorman......more

Goodreads review by James on February 11, 2019

Perhaps the oddest thing about this book was that it was solely as it was described - Dave Gorman plays games against random Twitter followers, without any realisations that his girlfriend is the one or that his whole outlook on life has been mistaken. The reason this was odd is that games are rarely......more

Goodreads review by Don Jimmy on December 20, 2021

Loved this.......more

Goodreads review by Ali on July 24, 2024

Great read I really enjoyed this. I love games and I feel like I've learned about loads of new ones. It was also very entertaining, being written by a comedian.......more


Quotes

There's a warm humanity to the book, built on the camraderie of strangers united in gamesmanship Chortle

Engaging Shortlist

A hugely entertaining book ... I definitely recommend it Curiousbookfans.co.uk