Discovering Old Board Games

Discovering Old Board Games by Rc Bell

This book contains descriptions of sixty board games, drawn from an immense range of history - from 3000 BC through to the turn of the nineteenth century. Accounts of these games have been gleaned from archaeological reports, traveller's tales, anthropological studies and foreign-language accounts of games, translated into English for the first time. Using the detailed text and fifty-nine diagrams it is possible for the reader to construct their own boards and pieces and enjoy hours of play. Perfect for toy and game collectors, this book can also bring something different to family occasions - instead of the usual board games, why not play a number game that was once popular among the intelligentsia of the middle ages?

The late R. G. Bell was born in Ontario and came to England in 1928. He was a consultant plastic surgeon and was author of several books for the Shire list on games including Discovering Chess, Discovering Mah-jong, Discovering Dice and Dominoes and Discovering Backgammon.

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ISBN 13	9780852635339
ISBN 10	0852635338
Title	Discovering Old Board Games
Author	Rc Bell
Series	Shire Discovering
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2008-05-23
Number of pages	80
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