Talk:Games to Play

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Hi — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:201:897C:3420:71A3:BF2F:F5B8:5AA0 (talk) 16:48, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

Sources

Hi @Cunard, I only had one review for this book until recently when someone found one more. Do you see anything else that could be used on this one? BOZ (talk) 13:57, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi BOZ (talk · contribs). Here are some sources about the subject:

1. Curtis, Anthony (1988-11-19). "Books: Hark to the heraldic / Review of coffee table books". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 2024-08-15. Retrieved 2024-08-15.

   The review notes: "R C Bell, a leading authority on board and table games, has compiled an attractive collection, or minor encylopedia, of Games to Play (Michael Joseph, 14.95 pounds sterling, 192 pages) which includes all the traditional pass-times such as chess, crown and anchor, shove ha'penny, ping-pong or gossima (the original version of table tennis in 1900) and blow-football, as well as many less familiar games from Africa and the Far East. The book is copiously illustrated with pictures of antique sets, many of them from the author's own collection, and, in each case, the basic rules are given."

2. Curtis, Anthony (1988-12-24). "How To Spend It: Strictly for the family - Books". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 2024-08-15. Retrieved 2024-08-15.

   The article notes: "If you have a board games fanatic in the family they'd simply love R C Bell's Games to Play (Michael Joseph 14.95 pounds sterling) which gives the rules and a lot more besides of every game you have ever heard of."

3. Woods, Stewart (2012). Eurogames: The Design, Culture and Play of Modern European Board Games. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-7864-6797-6. Retrieved 2024-08-15 – via Internet Archive.

   The book notes: "2. A number of texts discuss the emergence of commercial board game production during the late 19th and early 20th century, notably ... and R. C. Bell's Games to Play (1988)."

Cunard (talk) 08:08, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Awesome @Cunard, thank you! :) I will make use of these later today. BOZ (talk) 12:54, 15 August 2024 (UTC)