History of Games: References

History

• Oxford History of Board Games, David Parlett, Oxford University Press, 1999. Available in electronic format at the course-online class page.
• History of Card Games, David Parlett, Oxford University Press, 1990. Available in electronic format at the course-online class page.
• A History of Board Games other than Chess, H. J. R. Murray, Oxford University Press, 1951.
• A History of Playing Cards, Catherine Hargrave, Dover, 1966. Also, check out the Playing Card Picture Gallery,
• An Exposure of the Arts and Miseries of Gambling, Jonathan Harrington`Green, Redding, 1845. Available at google books.
• Alphonso Manuscript, 13th century. Medieval manuscript on games.
• What it means to think historically, Thomas Andrews and Flannery Burke.

Games

• Dictionary of Card Games, David Parlett, Oxford University Press, 1992.
• Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations, Robert Charles Bell, Dover, 1980. Most of the book is available electronically at google books.
• Pagat. Encyclopedic website covering card games.
• Pokemon Trading Card Game (a how-to play)

Theory

• Homo Ludens, Johan Huizinga, David Parlett, Oxford University Press, 1992.
• The Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals, Katie Salen & Eric Zimmerman, MIT Press, 2004. Available online at the library's books 24x7 (log in with your campusconnect login and password).
• Man, Play and Games, Roger Caillois, Free Press of Glencoe, 1961.