Sources and Recommended Reading
Literature
Bell, R.C. Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations. Revised Edition. Oxford University Press, 1969. 0-486-23855-5
Bell, R.C. Discovering Old Board Games. Shire Publications, 2008. ISBN 978-0852635339
Botermans, Jack. The Book of Games: Strategy, Tactics & History. Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2008. ISBN 978-1-4027-4221-7
Botermans, J., Burrett, T., van Delft, P. & van Splunteren, C. The World of Games. Facts on File, New York (USA) & Oxford (England) 1989.
Browne, Cameron. Connection Games: Variations on a Theme. A K Peters/CRC Press, 2005. ISBN 978-1568812243
Burns, Brian. The Encyclopedia of Games. Amber Books, Ltd, 1998. ISBN 978-1-905704-35-4
Cotton, Thomas. The Compleat Gamester. 1674.
Culin, Stewart. Games of the North American Indians. New York : Dover, 1975. ISBN 9780486231259
Culin, Stewart. Korean Games. University of Pennsylvania, 1895.
Gelli, Jacopo. Come posso divertirmi e divertire gli altri. Ulrico Hoepli, 1959.
Gollon, John. Chess Variations: Ancient, Regional, and Modern. Charles E. Tuttle Co.: Publishers, 1968.
Hyde, Thomas. De Ludis Orientalibus (Libri Duo: Historia Nerdiludii). Oxford, 1694.
Kraitchik, M. Mathematical Recreations. London, 1948.
Loader, Jeff and Jennie Loader. Making Board, Peg & Dice Games. Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., 1993. ISBN 978-0946819409
McConville, Robert. The History Board Games. Creative Pubns, 1974.
Murray, H.J.R. A History of Board Games other than Chess. Oxford University Press, 1952.
Neto, Joāo Pedro and Jorge Nuno Silva. Mathematical Games, Abstract Games. Dover Publications, Inc. 2013. ISBN 978-0-486-49990-1
Parlett, David. The Oxford History of Board Games. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1999
Pentagames. Compiled by Pentagram. 1990. Fireside, Simon & Schuster Inc. ISBN 0-671-72529-7.
Pritchard, D.B. The Classified Encyclopedia of Chess Variants. Completed, edited, and published by John Beasley, 2007. ISBN 978-0-9555168-0-1
Pritchard, David. The Family Book of Games. Brockhampton Press, 1994. ISBN 1-86019-021-9
Provenzo, Asterie Baker and Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr. Play It Again, Historic Board Games You Can Make and Play. Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1981. ISBN 0-13-683367-5
Sackson, Sid. A Gamut of Games. Castle Books, New Tork, 1969.
Sackson, Sid and Klutz Press. The Book of Classic Board Games. Klutz Press, Palo Alto, CA. 1991. ISBN 0-932592-94-5
Schensted, Craige and Charles Titus. Mudcrack Y & Poly-Y. NEO Press, 1975. ISBN 0-911014-23-3
Schmittberger, R. Wayne. New Rules for Classic Games. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, 1992. ISBN 0-471-53621-0
Wall, Bill. Earliest Chess Books and References. http://www.oocities.org/siliconvalley/lab/7378/oldtexts.htm
Websites
Cameron's Yavalath Page. http://www.cameronius.com/games/yavalath/
The World of Abstract games. http://www.di.fc.ul.pt/~jpn/gv/
Backgammon Variants. http://www.bkgm.com/variants/
Mancala World. http://mancala.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
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