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Title:
Parlett's history of board games / David Parlett.
Author:
Parlett, David, 1939- author.
Publication Information:
Brattleboro, Vermont : Echo Point Books & Media, LLC, [2018].
Call Number:
GV1312 .P37 2018
Abstract:
Focuses on different families of traditional games and folk entertainments, with some discussion of rules and strategies.
ISBN:
9781635617955

9781626548817
Physical Description:
xii, 387 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Contents:
Welcome aboard -- Race games: The role of dice; Getting home; The tables turned ; Back to square one ; No dice -- Space games: All in a row; Across the board; Making arrangements; Restrictive practices; Space control -- Chase games: Corner your fauna -- Displace Games: The infinite game; War and pieces; Take that; Conquering kings; Diversions and deviations; The thought that counts -- Today's games: Variations on a theme.
Uniform Title:
Oxford history of board games
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