Bibliography

These are bibliographies, and pages that contain non-trivial bibliographies.

In the long run, I hope to develop a serious unified bibliography on the subject as part of this Space -- basically a big bibliographic database on period games. If you'd be interested in participating in that, please drop me a note.

A Search for Books Relevant to the History of Games -- A somewhat disorganized listing created by Seaan McAy, of potentially-interesting books found in the University of California system. (more)
Bibliography of Playing-Card Books -- A massive bibliography, collected by the IPCS (International Playing Card Society). Note that the focus here is on the cards rather than the games. (more)
Chronology of Backgammon and Tables in England -- Via the Wayback Machine. A summary of some major references to Tables in English literature. (more)
Dagonell's Partial Bibliography on Period Games and Juggling -- (more)
Excerpts from Jessel's Bibliography of Works in English on Playing Cards and Gaming -- This 1905 book attempted to enumerate all published works on games; this transcription by Justin is all pre-1700 entries. (more)
Giochi dell'Oca -- A really interesting-looking Italian page about the Game of the Goose. Especially valuable for its in-depth bibliography and extensive links. (more)
Imran Ghory's Listing of Tables in English Literature -- Via the Wayback Machine. A useful chronology of pre-20th century references to Tables Games, likely useful for research. (more)
Justin's Annotated Games Bibliography -- My full collection, as of the mid-aughts. My plan is to move this bibliography to this Querki Space as a database, and encourage others to add to it. (more)
Some Less-Known Gaming Sources -- A brief listing assembled by Jim Marchand. (more)
The Viking Answer Lady on Tafl Games -- A lovely, detailed article on the Tafl family in general, outlining the major variants. (more)