A History of Board-Games Other Than Chess
(1952)
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Suitable for ages 0 and up. You can play with 0 to 0 players.
For the pros among you, the following mechanics can be decisive: ...
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| Average time to play: | 0 |
| Minimum age: | 0 |
| Number of players: | 0 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Designers: | H. J. R. Murray |
| Artists: | Unknown |
| Mechanics: | Unknown |
This 267-page history of the world's games is divided into nine chapters plus appendices. A two-page table near the end summarizes the distribution of games in countries across both history and the globe. Murray categorizes games according to their general goals: "Games of Alinement and Configuration;" "War-Games;" "Hunt-Games;" "Race-Games;" and "Mancala" (four types). Each major category is sub-categorized further. The text richly describes multiple games in each category, offering ample black-and-white illustrations to help the reader visualize lesser-known games.
Excellent book re-published by Oxbow Books in 2000 (ISBN-10 0-19-827401-7 -- ISBN-13: 978-0198274018), but once again out of print.
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A History of Board-Games Other Than Chess
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