Oxford History of Board Games

Oxford History of Board Games

David Parlett

39,85 €
IVA incluido
Disponible
Editorial:
Echo Point Books & Media, LLC
Año de edición:
2018
Materia
Juegos de mesa
ISBN:
9781626548817
39,85 €
IVA incluido
Disponible

Selecciona una librería:

  • Librería Perelló (Valencia)
  • Librería Aciertas (Toledo)
  • El AlmaZen del Alquimista (Sevilla)
  • Librería Elías (Asturias)
  • Librería Kolima (Madrid)
  • Donde los libros
  • Librería Proteo (Málaga)

“Great tidbits or obscure, entertaining facts can be found on any given page.” --Library JournalFor thousands of years, board games have captured our imaginations as we have conspired against, chased, and attacked one another across the table from our friends and foes, locked quest for victory. In his newly updated History of Board Games (the previous edition was titled: The Oxford History of Board Games ), David Parlett explores the fascinating origins and development of our favorite games – from the Egyptian and Asian predecessors of checkers and chess to modern classics like Monopoly and Clue. With an entertaining, accessible style, Parlett delves into what is one of the most universal roots of our cultural history, highlighting the importance of game-playing as a vital part of the human experience.In addition to his detailed research on the mechanisms of games, Parlett adds his unique insight drawing upon 20 years of experience as a professional games researcher, critic and game inventor to explore lesser-known and experimental games. Games covered in this entertaining title include Alquerque; backgammon; chess; Cluedo; Draughts; Fox & Geese; Go; Halma; Ludo; Monopoly; Noughts & Crosses; Oware; Pachisi; Scrabble; Snakes & Ladders; solitaire; Trivial Pursuit are included, along with many more.

Artículos relacionados

  • Graded Go Problems for Beginners, Volume Three
    Yoshinori Kano / Richard Bozulich
    This volume is a continuation of Graded Go Problems For Beginners, Volume 2 and is aimed at the 20-kyu to 15-kyu player. The problems presented here will require a bit of thought, but none of them is so difficult that a player who understands the rules, has had some experience playing games, and has studied the first and second volumes would not be able to solve in less than ...
    Disponible

    34,86 €

  • Five Hundred and One Tesuji Problems
    Richard Bozulich
    Tesujis are skillful moves that accomplish some clear tactical objective, such as capturing stones or a group, rescuing one of your own groups, linking up your stones, separating your opponent’s stones, making good shape, etc. There are two approaches to presenting tesujis problems. One approach is to collect problems according to the objective that tesujis accomplish. The othe...
    Disponible

    37,75 €

  • Relentless
    Younggil An / David Ormerod
    This book contains analysis of 48 games between two of the top Go players of the early 21st century, but it is not just another book of game commentaries. It is the story of the rivalry and friendship between Lee Sedol and Gu Li, their relentless struggle to become the best, and an explication of the secrets of Go hidden within their games. There are two parts to Relentless. P...
  • Graded Go Problems for Beginners, Volume One
    Yoshinori Kano / Richard Bozulich
    This is the first volume of a four-volume collection of problems and is intended for players who are learning the rules of go. The nearly1500 problems this set contains cover all phases of the game, from the opening to the endgame. It is assumed that the reader is studying a good and comprehensive beginner’s book on go, such as Go: A Complete Introduction to the Game by Cho Chi...
    Disponible

    35,01 €

  • David A. Mitchell’s Checkers
    David A. Mitchell / David AMitchell
    David A. Mitchell helped popularize chess and checkers in the early 1900s, edited game magazines, and wrote several books and numerous articles on the subject. In Checkers, he offers clear and simple instructions for playing the game, and a number of checkers problems that can be used for practice by the student. ...
    Disponible

    18,71 €

  • Billard À Trois Bandes - Systèmes Hybrides 2
    System Master
    Bonjour et bienvenue au deuxième livre de la série Billard à trois bandes, systèmes hybrides. Avez-vous des difficultés à appliquer les systèmes que vous connaissez ? Êtes-vous fatigué de mémoriser des formules distinctes pour chaque système ? Ou êtes-vous à la recherche de systèmes de billard différents et faciles à mettre en œuvre ? Les systèmes hybrides vous offrent tout cel...
    Disponible

    22,17 €

Otros libros del autor

  • Oxford History of Board Games
    David Parlett
    “Great tidbits or obscure, entertaining facts can be found on any given page.” --Library JournalFor thousands of years, board games have captured our imaginations as we have conspired against, chased, and attacked one another across the table from our friends and foes, locked quest for victory. In his newly updated History of Board Games (the previous edition was titled: The Ox...
    Disponible

    30,76 €

  • The Book of Word Games
    David Parlett
    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 ext...
    Disponible

    27,50 €