Parlett S History Of Board Games

Author : David Parlett
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : UOM:39015059586043

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The Oxford History of Board Games by David Parlett Pdf

For thousands of years, people have been planning attacks, captures, chases, and conquests - on a variety of different boards designed for an astonishing diversity of games. Today the compelling mix of strategy, skill, and chance is as strong as ever; new board games are invented almost daily,while the perennial favourites continue to attract new devotees and reveal new possibilities. The Oxford History of Board Games investigates the principles of board games throughout the ages and across the world, exploring the fascinating similarities and differences that give each its unique appeal, and drawing out the significance of game-playing as a central part of human experience - asvital to a culture as its music, dance, and tales. Beautifully illustrated and with diagrams to show the finer points of the games, this is a fascinating and accessible guide to a richly rewarding subject. In his trade-mark accessible, entertaining style, David Parlett looks at the different families of games: games based on configuration or connection, races or chases, wars or hunts, capture or blockade. He focuses mainly on traditional games, the folk entertainments that have grown up organicallythrough the centuries, and which exhibit endless local variations, although he discusses also the commercial products that have tried, with varying degrees of success, to match their astonishing popularity. This is not primarily a how-to book, although the rules and strategies of certain games are discussed in detail, neither does it offer sure-fire tips for success, although with a fuller understanding of a game the reader will undoubtedly become a better-informed, if not better, player. Rather, itis an affectionate and authoritative survey of one of the most familiar parts of our cultural history, which has until now been inexplicably neglected.

Author : David Parlett
Publisher : Echo Point Books & Media
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-07
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1626548811

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Parlett's History of Board Games by David Parlett Pdf

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

Author : David Parlett
Publisher : Echo Point Books & Media
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 0963878476

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The Book of Word Games by David Parlett Pdf

If you were to imagine your ideal guide to a book of word games, who would you picture? Does an urbane, witty writer come to mind? How about a widely recognized authority and historian of games? Perhaps you'd want someone who successfully creates games himself and has written extensively on a wide variety of games? And oh what the heck let's make him British to add a bit of extra charm. Well, if that sounds like the ideal game guide, look no further. David Parlett is an internationally recognized master of games. The author of many books, including the Oxford History of Board Games and The Penguin Book of Card Games, he has also created many games including Hare & Tortoise, which has sold over 3 million copies. In "The Book of Word Games" Parlett presents a practical and entertaining guide to word games and how to play them. He offers clear and witty introductions to over 150 word games, indicating degree of difficulty, appropriate number of players, and age range (many of the games are great for the classroom or to give your kids some fun while improving their language skills). Parlett also gives a wealth of interesting etymological knowledge, including word origins, phonetic facts and interesting tidbits like the longest word in the English language. There is something for everyone, from new readers to sophisticated word connoisseurs. From well-known favorites such as Boggle and Consequences to lesser-known but equally enjoyable games such as Bacronyms and Aesop's Mission, "The Book of Word Games" presents a wide-ranging collection of word games for verbivores of all ages. "

Author : Tristan Donovan
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-30
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781250082732

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It's All a Game by Tristan Donovan Pdf

"[A] timely book...It’s All a Game provides a wonderfully entertaining trip around the board, through 4,000 years of game history."—The Wall Street Journal Board games have been with us longer than even the written word. But what is it about this pastime that continues to captivate us well into the age of smartphones and instant gratification? In It’s All a Game, British journalist and renowned games expert Tristan Donovan opens the box on the incredible and often surprising history and psychology of board games. He traces the evolution of the game across cultures, time periods, and continents, from the paranoid Chicago toy genius behind classics like Operation and Mouse Trap, to the role of Monopoly in helping prisoners of war escape the Nazis, and even the scientific use of board games today to teach artificial intelligence how to reason and how to win. With these compelling stories and characters, Donovan ultimately reveals why board games--from chess to Monopoly to Settlers of Catan, and more--have captured hearts and minds all over the world for generations.

Author : David Parlett
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2008-08-07
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780141916101

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The Penguin Book of Card Games by David Parlett Pdf

The Penguin Book of Card Games is the authoritative up-to-date compendium, describing an abundance of games to be played both for fun and by serious players. Auctions, trumpless hands, cross-ruffing and lurching: card players have a language all of their own. From games of high skill (Bridge) to games of high chance (Newmarket) to trick-taking (Whist) and banking (Pontoon), David Parlett, seasoned specialist in card games, takes us masterfully through the countless games to choose from. Not content to merely show us games with the conventional fifty-two card pack, Parlett covers many games played with other types of cards - are you brave enough to play with Tarot? With a 'working description' of each game, with the rules, variations and origins of each, as well as an appendix of games invented by the author himself, The Penguin Book of Card Games will delight, entertain and inform both the novice and the seasoned player.

Author : David Parlett
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Card games
ISBN : STANFORD:36105008858784

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A History of Card Games by David Parlett Pdf

An historical guide to the card games of Europe and America. It surveys how the games originated and developed, and the rituals and etiquette which surround them.

Author : David Parlett
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1982-08
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 039470813X

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Botticelli and Beyond by David Parlett Pdf

Author : David Sidney Parlett
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Games
ISBN : 0198691734

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A Dictionary of Card Games by David Sidney Parlett Pdf

Ranging from such classics as bridge, poker, whist, and rummy to the more familiar Cucumber, Pishti, Go Fish, and Spinado, this book provides clear and expert advice on the rules and playing strategies of virtually any card game popular in the Western world. Discover such historical favourites as hombre, piquet, and trappola, great national games, including belote (France), scopa (Italy), and skat (Germany), and all manner of patience and tarot games. Whether planning party games (Newmarket, Old Maid, and Oh Hell!), or a civilized card evening with friends, this will be an invaluable source of information and entertainment.

Author : David Parlett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 0071419748

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Card Games by David Parlett Pdf

There's a card game to appeal to every kind of taste--from the intellectual intricacies of bridge to the psychological experiment of poker. "Teach Yourself Card Games "includes classic games, such as piquet and bezique; national games from abroad, such as skat and scopa; timeless favorites like rummy; and modern inventions, such as barbu.

Author : David Parlett
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : IND:30000000715171

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The Oxford Guide to Card Games by David Parlett Pdf

Imported from the Mamluks of Egypt, card games first hit Europe around 1371 and within ten years had spread from Spain and Italy to France and Germany. By 1420, German and Swiss cardmakers were producing packs by the thousands (first by stencil, later by metal engraving) marked with a bewildering array of suits, including hounds, bears, parrots, roses, helmets, banners, and bells. Games proliferated as well, and by 1534, Rabelais could name 35 different card games in Chapter 22 of Gargantua. Today, of course, there are thousands of games, from the universally popular Poker and Contract Bridge, to national manias such as Swiss Jass, German Skat, and French Belote. This is a historical guide to cards in Europe and America. This is not primarily a book of rules or hints on how to play better, but a survey of where the games originated, how they have developed over time, and what their rituals and etiquette tell us about the people who play them.

Author : David Parlett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Card games
ISBN : 0140280324

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The Penguin Encyclopedia of Card Games by David Parlett Pdf

Some 300 card games from Britain and around the world are explained simply in this book. The author, a games consultant, inventor, and noted writer on card games, believes that everybody would enjoy cards if only they knew how to find the games most likely to appeal to their own idea of enjoyment.

Author : R. C. Bell
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-30
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780486145570

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Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations by R. C. Bell Pdf

This encyclopedic volume provides the rules and methods of play for more than 180 different games: Ma-jong, Hazard, Wei-ch'i (Go), Backgammon, Pachisi, and many others. Over 300 photographs and line drawings.

Author : H J R (Harold James Ruthve Murray
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1015003052

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A History of Board-games Other Than Chess by H J R (Harold James Ruthve Murray Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Irving Finkel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Board games
ISBN : 1566490723

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Ancient Board Games by Irving Finkel Pdf

Here are four board games -- the Royal Game of Ur; Mehen, the Game of the Snake; Hounds and Jackals; and the Egyptian Game of Senet -- which were popular in the days of the pharaohs in ancient Egypt and in nearby countries from about 5,000 years ago, chosen and recreated by Dr. Irving Finkel of the British Museum. Everything you need to play them is here: the playing boards recreated in sumptuous colors, playing pieces, and full instructions including variations and other possibilities you may like to try.

Author : Katie Salen Tekinbas,Eric Zimmerman
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-25
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0262240459

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Rules of Play by Katie Salen Tekinbas,Eric Zimmerman Pdf

An impassioned look at games and game design that offers the most ambitious framework for understanding them to date. As pop culture, games are as important as film or television—but game design has yet to develop a theoretical framework or critical vocabulary. In Rules of Play Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman present a much-needed primer for this emerging field. They offer a unified model for looking at all kinds of games, from board games and sports to computer and video games. As active participants in game culture, the authors have written Rules of Play as a catalyst for innovation, filled with new concepts, strategies, and methodologies for creating and understanding games. Building an aesthetics of interactive systems, Salen and Zimmerman define core concepts like "play," "design," and "interactivity." They look at games through a series of eighteen "game design schemas," or conceptual frameworks, including games as systems of emergence and information, as contexts for social play, as a storytelling medium, and as sites of cultural resistance. Written for game scholars, game developers, and interactive designers, Rules of Play is a textbook, reference book, and theoretical guide. It is the first comprehensive attempt to establish a solid theoretical framework for the emerging discipline of game design.