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This category is for websites that teach about the history of games. This is NOT a category for games that happen to deal with historical concepts.

Subcategories

• Backgammon
• Chess
• Video Games
• Yo-Yos

Resources in This Category

• Games

  http://www.history.com/games/
  The History Channel presents an invention timeline, inventor biographies, and a quiz.

• Medieval and Renaissance Games

  http://jducoeur.org/game-hist/
  Recreated rules of historical games with links.

• The Invention of Diplomacy

  http://www.diplom.org/~diparch/resources/calhamer/invention.htm
  Early history of the game Diplomacy, by inventor Allan Calhamer.

• The Online Guide to Traditional Games

  http://www.tradgames.org.uk/
  History, links and current information about traditional games from around the world.

• Traditional Games

  http://www.gamecabinet.com/deeperDrawers/Traditional.html
  Descriptions and rules of several historical games.

Related Categories

• Home > Games > Game Studies
• Home > Sports > Resources > History
• Home > Society > History > By Topic > Social History > Recreation and Entertainment

 

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