The Oxford History of Board Games
Language: en
Pages: 410
Authors: David Parlett
Categories: Games & Activities
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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For thousands of years, people have been planning attacks, captures, chases, and conquests - on a variety of different boards designed for an astonishing divers
Parlett's History of Board Games
Language: en
Pages: 400
Authors: David Parlett
Categories: Crafts & Hobbies
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-11-07 - Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media

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Focuses on different families of traditional games and folk entertainments, with some discussion of rules and strategies.
It's All a Game
Language: en
Pages: 296
Authors: Tristan Donovan
Categories: Games & Activities
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-05-30 - Publisher: Macmillan

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"[A] timely book...It’s All a Game provides a wonderfully entertaining trip around the board, through 4,000 years of game history."—The Wall Street Journal
A Dictionary of Card Games
Language: en
Pages: 360
Authors: David Sidney Parlett
Categories: Games
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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Ranging from such classics as bridge, poker, whist, and rummy to the more familiar Cucumber, Pishti, Go Fish, and Spinado, this book provides clear and expert a
A History of Card Games
Language: en
Pages: 396
Authors: David Parlett
Categories: Games & Activities
Type: BOOK - Published: 1991 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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An historical guide to the card games of Europe and America. It surveys how the games originated and developed, and the rituals and etiquette which surround the