The Oxford history of board games

Oxford University Press

1999

xiii, 386 p.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

9780192129987

The Name of the Game. 1. Welcome Aboard -- Race Games. 2. The Role of Dice. 3. Getting Home. 4. The Tables Turned. 5. Back to Square One. 6. No Dice -- Space Games. 7. All in a Row. 8. Across the Board. 9. Making Arrangements. 10. Restrictive Practices. 11. Space Control -- Chase Games. 12. Corner your Fauna -- Displace Games. 13. Bean and Gone. 14. War and Pieces. 15. Take That! 16. Conquering Kings. 17. Diversions and Deviations. 18. The Thought that Counts -- Today's Games. 19. Variations on a Theme

Focuses mainly on different families of traditional games and folk entertainments, with some discussion of rules and strategies

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