[Bryn-gwlad] Ancient Board Games - British Museum Press (fwd)

[Ysabeau]

Actually, I can ~lol~. Okay, I just looked it up because the book is at
home.

*Medieval Games
...by Salamallah the Corpulent*
**
This is the only place I found that has it available online. It is at the
bottom of the page.
http://www.gamepuzzles.com/histfun2.htm

Damiana also has a copy of the book.

Ysabeau


On 10/2/07, Richard Yeager <chuymonstre at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> This just came out of the e-mail limbo that is going on.  Can you recall
> the title and author?
>
> Cuan mac Niall
>
> Sorry, I teach on Tuesday and never get to make PiP.
>
> *Ysabeau <lady.ysabeau at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
> I bought a book at Pennsic that is a comprehensive guide to period games.
> I'm hoping it is in the box that I have a friend mailing to me and not in my
> luggage because my luggage hasn't made it back from Pennsic yet. : (  If and
> when I get the book I will be more than happy to bring it out. It is the
> latest edition of the book that Pegasus has.
>
> Ysabeau
>
>
> On 8/14/07, Hal Siegel <therion at therionarms.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > A while back there was a long discussion on this list about board games.
> > Forwarding on this message for folks who might be interested ...
> >
> >               Hal Siegel - TherionArms
> >              http://www.therionarms.com
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:08:57 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
> > From: ian.stevens at dbbcdist.com
> > To: therion at therionarms.com
> > Subject: A special offer from DBBC and the British Museum Press
> >
> > Just published in the UK and on its way to us even as my grubby, stubby
> > fingers type this message, is a book from the British Museum that is
> > causing some excitement within the walls of the Oxbow/DBBC offices.
> >
> > "Ancient Board Games in Perspective" presents papers from a conference
> > that took place at the BM in 1990. Covering the games of the Egyptians,
> > Greeks, Romans, Mesopotamians, Indians and Chinese and with special
> > sections on Chess, Backgammon and Mankala, the papers are truly
> > all-encompassing.
> >
> > What is more, we are delighted to offer the book at a special
> > pre-publication price of $75 (the book is regularly $100) until the end
> > of
> > September 2007.
> >
> > Click the link below for a full list of papers and contributors. We
> > should
> > have the book by the middle of September at the latest and will look
> > forward to shipping your orders as soon as it arrives.
> >
> > With regards,
> >
> > Ian Stevens
> > The David Brown Book Company
> > Tel: 1-800-791-9354
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > 'Ancient Board Games in Perspective' - edited by Irving Finkel
> > List Price: US$ 100.00 * Our Price: US$ 75.00 *
> > Link: http://www.oxbowbooks.com/bookinfo.cfm?ID=45243&MID=7335
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
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