Edition |
Revised and corrected. |
Description |
2 volumes in 1 : illustrations ; 21 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Board and table games from many civilizations [1] ; Race games ; Cross and circle race games -- Spiral race games -- Square board race games -- Peg scoring boards -- The backgammon group -- War games ; The alquerque group -- The chess group -- Draughts -- The Tafl group -- The latrunculorum group -- Running-fight games -- Games of position ; Morris games -- Three-in-a-row games -- Five-in-a-row games -- Territorial possession -- Patience games -- Mancula games ; Two-rank mancula -- Four-rank mancula -- Dice games ; Games with two-sides dice -- Games with six-sides dice -- Games with special dice -- Chinese dice games -- Domino games -- Making boards and pieces -- Appendix : Biographies. |
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Board and table games from many civilizations [2] ; Race games ; Cross and circle race games -- Spiral race games -- Square race games -- The backgammon group -- War games ; The alquerque group -- The draughts group -- The Tafl group -- The latrunculorum group -- Running-fight games -- Lost games -- Games of position ; Morris games -- Three-in-a-row games -- Games of territorial possession -- Patience games -- Mancala games ; Two-rank mancala -- Four-rank mancula -- Dice games ; Two-sided dice -- Six-sided dice -- Games with special dice -- Domino games ; Games using Chinese dominoes -- Games using ma-jong tiles -- Games using Western dominoes -- Games with numbers -- Card games requiring boards -- Games requiring manual dexterity -- Gaming-counters -- Appendix A. The eight immortals -- Appendix B. Method of constructing an Agon board -- Addendum. |
Summary |
This Dover edition, first published in 1979, is a revised and corrected republication in a single volume of the work originally published by Oxford University Press, London, in two volumes. Board and Table Games 1 was first published in 1960 (second edition, 1969) and Board and Table Games 2 in 1969. These books have been written to introduce some of the best board and table games from the world's treasury to readers. Books on card games and international chess are readily available and therefore, they have been omitted. Ninety-one games are described and the oldest was played some 5,000 years ago. |
Subject |
Board games -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Dice games.
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Dominoes.
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Mancala (Game)
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Backgammon.
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Mancala (Game) (OCoLC)fst01007377
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Dominoes. (OCoLC)fst00896788
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Dice games. (OCoLC)fst00892793
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Backgammon. (OCoLC)fst00825113
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Board games. (OCoLC)fst00835096
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Board games.
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Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals. (OCoLC)fst01423877
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Handbooks and manuals.
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ISBN |
0486238555 (pbk.) |
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9780486238555 (pbk.) |
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