The Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections at Cornell University Library investigates the evolution of games since 1800 through Pastimes & Paradigms: Games We Play. The exhibition includes a wide variety of antique and contemporary games, as well as rare books on rules, strategies, and recreation. Featured items include early nineteenth-century geographical board games; a Civil War game; suffrage games that garnered support in the battle for women's votes; a vintage Monopoly game; gambling punchboards; and a selection of games inspired by television programming