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Historically Speaking — Silly Hats, Zero-Sum Games, and Lifelink!

Historically Speaking — Silly Hats, Zero-Sum Games, and Lifelink!

by
Charles Allison
Charles Allison
Thanksgiving has creeped up upon us, stealthily, like a...stealthy thing. And so of course, instead of devolving into what the turkey meant in Mesoamerica (it was called the Chalchiuhtotolin, or jeweled bird, a favored animal of the Mexica trickster god Tezcatlipoca—oh damn there I go ahead willy-nilly) we will dive into a bit of game […]