A History of Board-Games Other Than Chess, published in 1952, is H.J.R. Murray own survey of the tables family of race and dice games, including backgammon own Roman and Near Eastern antecedents, and remains a standard reference for the history of go and other traditional board games outside the chess lineage his earlier book covered.
Facts
AuthorH.J.R. Murray
PublisherClarendon Press, Oxford
Publication Year1952
Source Typeacademic-monograph
Reliability Tier2
Sources
A History of Board-Games Other Than Chess
H.J.R. Murray, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1952
Claims Backed By This Source (59 claims)
This source backs 59 claims across the atlas. As facts: 42 well-attested, 5 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 4 holds, 1 connected. Plus 7 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Games, 40 claims: 28 well-attested, 5 scholarly debate, 3 holds, 4 general references.
- Athletes, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
- Articles, 5 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 connected, 2 general references.
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