Thanks to John C. Konrath for suggesting this book to me. So far, neither of us has read it, but from a brief visit to Amazon.com what I've been able to work out so far is:

• The key point is apparently that game theory can predict the future. In reality, it only is a method for selecting an optimal strategy, not what will actually happen. True, economists seem to make predictions of what will happen by using game theory combined with the assumption that humans will act rationally, but lately that does not seem to have worked well. Moreover, it really strains credulity for me to imagine that this would allow the prediction of natural phenomena or the location of Disney World!
• The ``game'' part of game theory seems to be taken literally here, rather than metaphorically. In other words, the sacrificial games that the ancients played were not just sport but part of this system of predicting the future.
• Math certainly does get discussed throughout the book, though I seriously doubt that any of it will seem remotely reasonable to me. Still, I kind of smiled when I noticed this quote:

  (quoted from In the Courts of the Sun) Damn it, I need tougher math on this stuff. More stochastics. Better curve fitting. Maybe some kind of Kolmogorovian-ass constraining function.

• Some people love the book and some do not. It was suggested by a reviewer at Amazon that whether one likes it may depend on one's politics, with those having a more liberal leaning enjoying it more than those who lean conservative.