For thousands of years, people have been planning attacks, captures, chases, and conquests - on a variety of different boards designed for an astonishing divers

Focuses on different families of traditional games and folk entertainments, with some discussion of rules and strategies.

"[A] timely book...It’s All a Game provides a wonderfully entertaining trip around the board, through 4,000 years of game history." —The Wall Street Journal

An historical guide to the card games of Europe and America. It surveys how the games originated and developed, and the rituals and etiquette which surround the

Ranging from such classics as bridge, poker, whist, and rummy to the more familiar Cucumber, Pishti, Go Fish, and Spinado, this book provides clear and expert a