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Bibliography of Traditional Board Games Bibliography of Traditional Board Games Damian Walker Introduction The object of creating this document was to been very selective, and will include only those provide an easy source of reference for my fu- passing mentions of a game which give us use- ture projects, allowing me to find information ful information not available in the substan- about various traditional board games in the tial accounts (for example, if they are proof of books, papers and periodicals I have access an earlier or later existence of a game than is to. The project began once I had finished mentioned elsewhere). The Traditional Board Game Series of leaflets, The use of this document by myself and published on my web site. Therefore those others has been complicated by the facts that leaflets will not necessarily benefit from infor- a name may have attached itself to more than mation in many of the sources below. one game, and that a game might be known Given the amount of effort this document by more than one name. I have dealt with has taken me, and would take someone else to this by including every name known to my replicate, I have tidied up the presentation a sources, using one name as a \primary name" little, included this introduction and an expla- (for instance, nine mens morris), listing its nation of the \families" of board games I have other names there under the AKA heading, used for classification. and having entries for each synonym refer the My sources are all in English and include a reader to the main entry. Extra care must be number of basic types: books on board games, taken when cross-referencing: for instance, on other books, periodicals of papers, and indi- looking up the name akidada the reader is ex- vidual papers published by academic or com- pected to know what type of game he or she mercial institutions. I have avoided miscel- is researching, in order to look ahead to the laneous pages on the world wide web as the appropriate entry. easiest way to filter out those flights of fancy This is, and always will be, a work in which owe more to the imagination than to progress. It is likely to be expanded with actual research. In doing so I have unfortu- each new book that becomes available to me. nately excluded some good research published It is therefore possible that I will upload a on-line, and included some bad research pub- revised edition every now and then. If you lished on paper. But I think, on balance, that have suggestions, information or other com- I am probably pointing myself and others gen- ments, then please do not hesitate to send erally in the right direction. them to me by e-mail. Currently my address In one revision I decided to include \pass- is [email protected]. ing mentions" of the games in the references, where previously I included only works which Damian Walker have substantial information. In this I have Hull, November 2014 1 References [1] Astrop, J. The Pocket Book of Board Games. [19] Culin, S. Games of the North American Indians. Viking Children's Books, 1980. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1907. [2] Becker, A. \The Royal Game of Ur". Ancient [20] Depaulis, T. \Inca Dice and Board Games". Board Games in Perspective. London: British Board Games Studies 1. Leiden: CNWS Publi- Museum Press, 2007. cations, 1998. [3] Bell, R. C. Discovering Old Board Games. 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