| Title |
Author |
ISBN |
Publisher |
Year |
Notes |
| The Book Of Games | Peter Arnold (editor) | 1 85152 178 X |
Hamlyn / Chancellor Press | 1993 | Fair general intro to many games |
| The Family Book Of Games | David Pritchard | 1 86019 021 9 | Sceptre Books,
Time-Life Books/ Brockhampton Press | 1994 | Good intro to various games, inc. proprietary games |
| New Rules For Classic Games | R. Wayne Schmittberger | 0 471 53621 0 | John Wiley & Sons |
1992 | Excellent review and re-view of classics including KENSINGTON |
| Board & Table Games From Many Civilisations | R. C. Bell | 0 486 23855 5 | Dover Publications NY |
1979 | Still in print, this combines Bell's 2 volumes from 1960 & 1969. So it reads a little dated. |
| The Bumper Book Of Indoor Games | Gyles Brandreth | 1 85152 669 2 | Victorama Ltd / Chancellor Press |
1981 | Formerly pub. as Everyman's Indoor Games, Glyes Brandreth is a keen game player, organised Scrabble
tournaments, was a Tory MP, TV celeb. This is an excellent, readable, useful book for lots of games. |
| Victorian Parlour Games | Patrick Beaver | 1 85422 908 7 | Promotional Reprint Co. / Magna Books |
1995 | Interesting but not very useful. Many of the games are no longer amusing. |
| The Ins & Outs Of Peg Solitaire | John D. Beasley | 0 19 286145 X | Oxford University Press |
1992 | Deep mathematical study with diagrams. Beasley also wrote The Mathematics of Games by OUP. |
| Family & Party Games | not given | 0 261 66450 6 | Diamond Books / Harper Collins |
1994 | 260 +games briefly covered |
| Card Games | not given | 0 261 66326 7 | Diamond Books | 1994 | 100+ card games simply explained |
| The Penguin Book Of Card Games | David Parlett | 1 85152 600 5 | Chancellor Press |
1994 | Written in 1979, this excellent book covers all the popular games well, sorted in order of players available. Very useful. |
| Hoyle's Rules Of Games | Albert H. Moorehead & Geoffrey Mott-Smith | Congress No. 55 1340 |
Signet / New American Library | 1963 |
Written 1946, covers lots of board & card games in alphabetical order. |
| Spin Again | Rick Polizzi & Fred Schaefer | 0-87701-830-8 | Chronicle Books | 1991 |
Large full colour paperback mainly of 50s/60s American board games, but with some fascinating biog detail of famous
makers, like Milton Bradley. Interestingly, most US games used a spinner instead of dice. Spin Again is also a games society. |