Games of the World

Games of the World: How to Make Them, How to Play Them, How They Came to Be From the slip cover: From backgammon to the 3,000-year-old Royal Game of Ur, from Oriental kit contests to the universal tit-tat-toe and tug of war, this richly illustrated volume brings together for the first time more than one hundred of the world's most fascinating and enjoyable games. Hundreds of color and black-and-white photographs, paintings, and diagrams, and complete step-by-step instructions tell how to make the games, how to play them, and how they came to be. Simple enough for the home crafts person to c…