FREE delivery to all EXCLUSIVE BOOKS stores nationwide. FREE delivery to your door on all orders over R450. Excludes all international deliveries.

Discovering Old Board Games

R.C. Bell
    Product form
      FORMAT: Paperback / softback
      YOU COULD EARN 0 FUTURE RETAIL DISCOUNTS.

      This product is either out of print or out of stock. Add it to your wishlist and we will automatically let you know if it comes back into stock. Add to Wishlist

      ESTIMATED DELIVERY: Possibly out of print
      BUY NOW PAY LATER
      From R 0.00 per month!
      3x monthly payments of R 0.00 with
      4x fortnightly payments of R 0.00 with

      This product is either out of print or out of stock. Add it to your wishlist and we will automatically let you know if it comes back into stock. Add to Wishlist

      This book contains descriptions of sixty board games, drawn from an immense range of history - from 3000 BC through to the turn of the nineteenth century. Accounts of these games have been gleaned from archaeological reports, traveller's tales, anthropological studies and foreign-language accounts of games, translated into English for the first time. Using the detailed text and fifty-nine diagrams it is possible for the reader to construct their own boards and pieces and enjoy hours of play. Perfect for toy and game collectors, this book can also bring something different to family occasions - instead of the usual board games, why not play a number game that was once popular among the intelligentsia of the middle ages?

      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: R.C. Bell EAN: 9780852635339 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: 80 WEIGHT: 130 g HEIGHT: 177 mm
      PUBLISHED BY: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC DATE PUBLISHED: 2008-05-23 CITY: GENRE: GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Board Games WIDTH: 113 mm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Board, table top and strategy games

      Customer Reviews

      Be the first to write a review
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      The late R. C. Bell was born in 1917 in Sudbury, Ontario, and came to England in 1928. He qualified MB BS (London) in 1941. He became a plastic surgeon but is now retired. He has a large collection of old games and has written five books in the Shire Discovering series.

      This book contains descriptions of sixty board games, drawn from an immense range of history - from 3000 BC through to the turn of the nineteenth century. Accounts of these games have been gleaned from archaeological reports, traveller's tales, anthropological studies and foreign-language accounts of games, translated into English for the first time. Using the detailed text and fifty-nine diagrams it is possible for the reader to construct their own boards and pieces and enjoy hours of play. Perfect for toy and game collectors, this book can also bring something different to family occasions - instead of the usual board games, why not play a number game that was once popular among the intelligentsia of the middle ages?

      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: R.C. Bell EAN: 9780852635339 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: 80 WEIGHT: 130 g HEIGHT: 177 mm
      PUBLISHED BY: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC DATE PUBLISHED: 2008-05-23 CITY: GENRE: GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Board Games WIDTH: 113 mm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Board, table top and strategy games

      Customer Reviews

      Be the first to write a review
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      The late R. C. Bell was born in 1917 in Sudbury, Ontario, and came to England in 1928. He qualified MB BS (London) in 1941. He became a plastic surgeon but is now retired. He has a large collection of old games and has written five books in the Shire Discovering series.

      Recently viewed products

      Login

      Forgot your password?

      Don't have an account yet?
      Create account