<i>We think we&#8217;re relating to other people&#8211;but actually we&#8217;re all playing games.<br></i><br>Forty years ago, <i>Games People Play </i>revolutionized our understanding of what <i>really</i> goes on during our most basic social interactions. More than five million copies later, Dr. Eric Berne&#8217;s classic is as astonishing&#8211;and revealing&#8211;as it was on the day it was first published. This anniversary edition features a new introduction by Dr. James R. Allen, president of the International Transactional Analysis Association, and Kurt Vonnegut&#8217;s brilliant <i>Life</i> magazine review from 1965.<br>We play games all the time&#8211;sexual games, marital games, power games with our bosses, and competitive games with our friends. Detailing status contests like &#8220;Martini&#8221; (I know a better way), to lethal couples combat like &#8220;If It Weren&#8217;t For You&#8221; and &#8220;Uproar,&#8221; to flirtation favorites like &#8220;The Stocking Game&#8221; and &#8220;Let&#8217;s You and Him Fight,&#8221; Dr. Berne exposes the secret ploys and unconscious maneuvers that rule our intimate lives.<br>Explosive when it first appeared, <i>Games People Play </i>is now widely recognized as the most original and influential popular psychology book of our time. It&#8217;s as powerful and eye-opening as ever.