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Essential resources for the research project
- The Oxford History of Board Games
This entire book is available on-line at
Course On-Line. It is the most complete work of its kind in English
and is the best place to start if you think you want to research a board
game.
- The Oxford History of Card Games
This entire book is available on-line at
Course On-Line. It is the most complete work of its kind in English
and is the best place to start if you think you want to research a card
game. It does not cover Asian card and tile games, however.
- Pagat (http://www.pagat.com/)
A thorough and well-organized site on card games. The best place to
start if you think you want to research a card game (although Playing
Card Picture Gallery has better coverage of more obscure and Asian games.)
Other useful sites
- Alphonso Manuscript (http://games.rengeekcentral.com/)
The most important Medieval source on games, especially chess but also
other games.
- Caxton's Game and Playe of the Chesse (1474) (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/10672/10672-h/10672-h.htm)
One of the first books published in the English language. It is short
on chess instruction, but full of symbol and allegory. It is based on
an earlier work in Latin by Jacques de Cessoles, translated first into
French in several editions and then into English by Caxton.
- The Game Cabinet (http://www.gamecabinet.com/)
An on-line magazine on board games with some interesting reference material
- Masters Traditional Games (http://www.mastersgames.com/rules/rules.htm)
Web site of a high-end game retailer. Good descriptions for a handful
of games.
- On line Guide to Traditional Games (http://www.tradgames.org.uk/features/board-games.htm)
A site aimed at historical re-enactment. Has some rules and descriptions
of board and dice games.
- Playing Card Picture Gallery Index (http://a_pollett.tripod.com/cardpgal.htm)
Illustrations of many types of playing cards including good discussion
of non-Western card games.
- Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.com/)
General web encyclopedia with many entries on specific games.
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