Home›Sources›The Oxford History of Board GamesSourcesThe Oxford History of Board GamesAcademic Board and Tile Game History, David Parlett, 1999Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextSport and Games Atlas. "The Oxford History of Board Games." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://sport.interactiveatlas.org/sources/parlett-oxford-history-board-games.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextSport and Games Atlas. (n.d.). The Oxford History of Board Games. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://sport.interactiveatlas.org/sources/parlett-oxford-history-board-gamesCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{sportandgamesatlas-the-oxford-history-of-board-games, author = {Sport and Games Atlas}, title = {The Oxford History of Board Games}, year = {2026}, url = {https://sport.interactiveatlas.org/sources/parlett-oxford-history-board-games}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationVerifiedThe Oxford History of Board Games by David Parlett, first published in 1999, is a scholarly survey of board and tile games worldwide, tracing lineages and disputing romantic but undocumented ancestry claims common in earlier popular writing. Used in this atlas for the codification-versus-ancestry facts on dominoes and the ancient race games behind backgammon.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (100 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsPublisherWell-attestedOxford University PressPublication YearWell-attested1999Source TypeWell-attestedacademic-monographReliability TierWell-attested2SourcesThe Oxford History of Board Gamestier 2Oxford University Press, 1999Claims Backed By This Source (100 claims)This source backs 100 claims across the atlas. As facts: 59 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 18 connected. Plus 20 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicGames, 51 claims: 34 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 2 holds, 6 connected, 8 general references.Articles, 30 claims: 10 well-attested, 10 connected, 10 general references.Open Questions, 14 claims: 10 well-attested, 2 connected, 2 general references.Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.Well-attested59ArticlesA Grid Scratched Everywhere: The Unsolved Geography of Nine Men's MorrisAkbar's Court of Stone: When an Emperor Became a Living Game PieceCannon Fire and Palace Walls: How Xiangqi Diverged from Its Chess CousinsFrom Goryeo to Joseon: Dating the Korean Chess TraditionSenet's Second Life as a Religious SymbolThe Elephant That Moves Differently: Janggi Compared to Its Regional CousinsThe Long Road from Pachisi to Ludo and ParcheesiThe Rules No One Wrote Down: Reconstructing How Senet Was PlayedTwo Inventors, One Board: The Reversi Patent DisputeWaterlogged Boards: Nine Men's Morris in Shakespeare's Own WordsGamesDominoesJanggiNine Men's MorrisPachisiReversiRoyal Game of UrSenetXiangqiOpen QuestionsWhat were the original playing rules of Senet?Where and when did Nine Men's Morris originate?SourcesThe Oxford History of Board GamesScholarly debate1GamesDominoesHolds2GamesBackgammonJanggiConnected18ArticlesA Grid Scratched Everywhere: The Unsolved Geography of Nine Men's MorrisAkbar's Court of Stone: When an Emperor Became a Living Game PieceCannon Fire and Palace Walls: How Xiangqi Diverged from Its Chess CousinsFrom Goryeo to Joseon: Dating the Korean Chess TraditionSenet's Second Life as a Religious SymbolThe Elephant That Moves Differently: Janggi Compared to Its Regional CousinsThe Long Road from Pachisi to Ludo and ParcheesiThe Rules No One Wrote Down: Reconstructing How Senet Was PlayedTwo Inventors, One Board: The Reversi Patent DisputeWaterlogged Boards: Nine Men's Morris in Shakespeare's Own WordsGamesJanggiNine Men's MorrisPachisiReversiSenetXiangqiOpen QuestionsWhat were the original playing rules of Senet?Where and when did Nine Men's Morris originate?General References20ArticlesA Grid Scratched Everywhere: The Unsolved Geography of Nine Men's MorrisAkbar's Court of Stone: When an Emperor Became a Living Game PieceCannon Fire and Palace Walls: How Xiangqi Diverged from Its Chess CousinsFrom Goryeo to Joseon: Dating the Korean Chess TraditionSenet's Second Life as a Religious SymbolThe Elephant That Moves Differently: Janggi Compared to Its Regional CousinsThe Long Road from Pachisi to Ludo and ParcheesiThe Rules No One Wrote Down: Reconstructing How Senet Was PlayedTwo Inventors, One Board: The Reversi Patent DisputeWaterlogged Boards: Nine Men's Morris in Shakespeare's Own WordsGamesDominoesJanggiNine Men's MorrisPachisiReversiRoyal Game of UrSenetXiangqiOpen QuestionsWhat were the original playing rules of Senet?Where and when did Nine Men's Morris originate?Comments (0)No comments yet. 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