Games are a very effective way to explore the psychology of an intelligent being. Some highly developed civilization kidnaps earthlings ... and not quite earthy... And they play with each other. And the game itself, and the rules of it are chosen by the players themselves, always two . And the bet in this game is to return to his home planet .. Unfortunately, Earthling Kelly MacLaine plays too well. And even more, he constantly deliberately loses in order to stay in the Game Center for a long time and learn more about his kidnappers. And this is related to earthlings with "Keynes", long-time enemies of experimenters, "Strifs" . This means that if the experiments do not detect the factors preventing the cosmic expansion of mankind, the Earth will be destroyed. Except for .... They play really well.. Jozef Nerino