Instructions, over 300 illustrations for creating boards and playing pieces for 39 games — many over 5,000 years old. Directions for Pachisi, Alquerque, Solitaire, Queen’s Guard, 35 others. Lexicon of game terminology, rules of gamesmanship, suggested strategies, list of tools and supplie... read more
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Instructions, over 300 illustrations for creating boards and playing pieces for 39 games — many over 5,000 years old. Directions for Pachisi, Alquerque, Solitaire, Queen’s Guard, 35 others. Lexicon of game terminology, rules of gamesmanship, suggested strategies, list of tools and supplies, more.
Reprint of Play It Again: Historical Board Games You Can Make And Play, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1981 edition.
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