Oxford History of Board Games and other books |
| Published: November 4, 2007, 7:12 pm |
| Tags: personal, game books, travel, vacation, gaming |
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Books I Own and You Don'tThe Oxford History of Board Games by David Parlett is the Holy Grail of board games books, as it is generally available only at astronomical prices (ranging from a low of $80 up to $200, $300, or more). Which is rather odd, as it was only written in 1999. And you can get a zipped download copy of the book from the author here (albeit for $60).The book was meant to be an updated and better version of H. J. R. Murray's A History of Board-Games Other Than Chess from 1956. I haven't read either of these books, yet. But Parlett's book certainly looks like a treat.And, oh yes. I just picked up a copy at a used book store in Toronto for $3.99 .It's a really nice book store on Younge south of Bloor (if you ignore the large porn DVD section in the back) with really good prices. It has a vast section on sci-fi and a nice section on games. Another find was a rather odd looking book called Favourite Family Games (listed on Amazon as Favourite Party Games, for some [ Full article ] |
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