Board Games in 100 Moves: 8,000 Years of Play 1465485759, 9781465485755

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P r o j e c t A r t E d i t o r Jon Hall P i c t u r e Research Sumedha C h o p r a and M a r t n Copeland S e n i o r P r e - p r o d u c t i o n P r o d u c e r Jennifer Murray S e n i o r P r o d u c e r Mary Slater M a n a g i n g E d i t o r Sadie Smith M a n a g i n g A r t E d i t o r Vicky Short Publisher Julie Ferris A r t D i r e c t o r Lisa Lanza 'ini Publishing D i r e c t o r Simon Beecroft Cover design by LLO I a n Livingstone's dedication: l b Steve, Mark, Skye, Peter, and Clive of the Games Night Club J a m e s Wallis's d e d i c a t i o n : To Cat, E'iza, and Flossie, the best playtesters in the w o r d D K would l i k e t o t h a n k ; Ian Livingstone and James Wallis for their text and expertise. H o l l y Nielsen for historical consultancy wort o n chapters 7. 8. 10, I . a n d 1 2; Jess Tapolcai and L L O for design; Jennette ElNaggar, Rosie Peet, and N i c o l e Reynolds for e ci ton al help: Gary O m b i e r for photography; and Vanessa Bird for the index.

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give ourselves rules and constraints to define what we can and can’t do— and how w e win. Whether it's big. cardboard boxes full o f counters and cards o r armies

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