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Title Games of the world : how to make them, how to play them, how they came to be / edited by Frederic V. Grunfeld ; introd. by R.C. Bell ; design, illustration & game models by Pieter van Delft & Jack Botermans ; editorial consultants, R.C. Bell & Léon Vié ; texts by Gerald Williams .. [and others]..

Publication Info. New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1975]
©1975

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  790 G92    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  790 G192G    Check Shelf
 Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Adult Department  790 GAMES    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Children's Department  J790 G14 c.2  Check Shelf
Description 280 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Note Includes index.
Contents Introduction -- Games to start a game -- [pt. 1]. Board & table games -- Wari -- Pachisi -- Chinesenspiel -- Shove ha'penney -- Alquerque -- Go -- Go-bang -- Senet -- The royal game of Ur -- Nine men's Morris -- Chess -- Chinese chess -- Shogi -- Checkers -- Chinese checkers -- Yoté -- Fox & geese -- Asalto -- Solitaire -- Caroms -- Table hockey -- Dominoes -- Lotto -- Cards -- Cribbage -- Poch -- Game of goose -- Snakes & ladders -- Dice -- Bell & hammer -- Glückshaus -- Dreidel -- Shut the box -- Roulette -- Backgammon -- [pt. 2]. Street & playground games -- Marbles -- Sey -- Knucklebones -- Hopscotch -- Conkers -- Quoits -- Shuttlecock -- Spinning tops -- Jump rope -- Hoops -- Barrel rolling -- Jeu de boules -- Quilles -- Soap box racing -- Tlachtli -- [pt. 3]. Field & forest games -- Earthball -- Tug of war -- Pickaback relay -- Water jousting -- Follow the leader -- Indian kickball -- Prisoner's base -- Kites --
[pt. 4]. Party & festival games -- Jackstraws -- London bridge -- Pelele -- Pillow fighting -- Piñata -- Ring the bull -- Egg jousting-- Camel rush -- Stilts -- Potato-sack racing -- Hobble racing -- Darts -- [pt. 5]. Puzzles, tricks & stunts -- Bilboquet -- Cat's cradle -- Diabolo -- Yo-yo -- Magic squares -- Mathematical puzzle -- African string puzzle -- Match games -- Construction puzzle -- Victoria puzzle -- Picking cherries -- Tangram -- Soap bubbles -- Acknowledgements -- Further reading -- Index.
Subject Games.
Added Author Grunfeld, Frederic V.
ISBN 0030152615
9780030152610
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