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The race game appears in all sorts of guises: educational, moral, competitive and fun. A race game involves two or more players competing against each other in order to win.\r\n\r\nHowever, this is a co-operative game, which encourages teamwork, creative thinking and problem solving. 'Together' was made by Family Pastimes; a small family business who make the games in small quantities as a labour of love in their farm house in Canada. They believe that children should 'play as friends, not as enemies' so the games they produce help foster the spirit of co-operation. They claim that the initial impulse to play a game is social and believe it is ironic that in most games we spend all our effort competing against one another.","physicalDescription":"Boxed card game. A white cardboard box with an orange pattern on it. The title 'Together: a co-operative game' is printed across the front in black text.\n\nTwo sets of cards; one blue and one yellow. 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They belonged to Bob Dixon, the well known poet, author and peace activist. He was born on 29th November 1931 and died on the 4th October 2008. 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