Play it again : historic board games you can make and play / Asterie Baker Provenzo and Eugene F. Provenzo

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey : Prentice-Hall, c1981Description: xi, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 136833675
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GV 1312 .P76 1981
Contents:
Rules of Gamesmanship -- Useful Strategies -- Tools and Supplies -- Suggestions for Copying and Assembling Playing Boards -- Dice, Teetotems, and Spinners -- Suggestions for Making Playing Pieces -- Game of Goose -- Nine Men's Morris -- Pachisi -- Snakes and Ladders -- Alquerque -- Solitare -- Malma -- Mancala -- Steeplechase -- Queen's Guard -- Chivalry -- Go-Bang -- Seega -- Fox and Geese -- Nyout -- Draughts -- Backgammon.
Summary: Play It Again is a book about some of the most popular board games from both ancient and modern times, It is a book about their history, hoe to play them, and how to make their boards and playing pieces.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Annex Relegation Room Physical Education - Sports and Wellness GC GV 1312 .P76 1981 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000004406

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Rules of Gamesmanship -- Useful Strategies -- Tools and Supplies -- Suggestions for Copying and Assembling Playing Boards -- Dice, Teetotems, and Spinners -- Suggestions for Making Playing Pieces -- Game of Goose -- Nine Men's Morris -- Pachisi -- Snakes and Ladders -- Alquerque -- Solitare -- Malma -- Mancala -- Steeplechase -- Queen's Guard -- Chivalry -- Go-Bang -- Seega -- Fox and Geese -- Nyout -- Draughts -- Backgammon.

Play It Again is a book about some of the most popular board games from both ancient and modern times, It is a book about their history, hoe to play them, and how to make their boards and playing pieces.

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