‘Around the World in Eighty Games’ Review: Glory of the Board

‘Around the World in Eighty Games’ Review: Glory of the Board

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As Phileas Fogg circles the planet in “Around the World in Eighty Days,” the novelist Jules Verne describes his hero winning at whist aboard a ship on the Red Sea and in a train across the Rocky Mountains. Marcus du Sautoy also combines games with globetrotting: “I love them so much so that on all…

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