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9780486273471

A Gamut of Games

by Sackson, Sid
  • ISBN13:

    9780486273471

  • ISBN10:

    0486273474

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-03-17
  • Publisher: Dover Publications

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Summary

"A genuine milestone." -- Martin Gardner, Scientific American. An authority on game history selects 38 of his all-time favorite amusements, including 22 of his own remarkable creations. Solitaire, strategy, and party games can be played by children or adults with such common items as cards, checkerboards, dice, pencils, and paper. 152 illustrations.

Author Biography

A leading inventor and collector of games, Sid Sackson was an authority on game history who possessed a collection of more than 18,000 games. He served as an advisor and consultant to game inventors and design companies around the world.

Table of Contents

1. In Search of Big and Little Game
    Mate
    Blue and Gray
    Le Truc
    Plank
    Zetema
    Hekaton
2. Game Inventors Are People Too
    Lines of Action
    Cups
    Crossings
    Lap
    Three Musketeers
    Paks
    Skedoodle
    Knight Chase
    Origins of World War I
3. Those Protean Pieces of Pasteboard
    All My Diamonds
    Osmosis
    Patterns
    Suit Yourself
    Bowling Solitaire
    Card Baseball
    Slam
    Poke
    Color Gin
4. New Battles on an Old Battlefield
    Focus
    Network
    Take it Away
5. Grab a Pencil
    Hold That Line
    Cutting Corners
    Paper Boxing
    Last Word
    Patterns II
    Property
6. A Miscellany of Games
    Solitaire Dice
    Domino Bead Game
    Haggle
    The No Game
    Change Change
Appendix

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