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The Oxford History of Board Games

Academic Board and Tile Game History, David Parlett, 1999

The 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.

Facts
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication Year
1999
Source Type
academic-monograph
Reliability Tier
2
Sources
The Oxford History of Board Games
Oxford University Press, 1999
Claims Backed By This Source (124 claims)

This source backs 124 claims across the atlas. As facts: 77 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 7 holds, 19 connected. Plus 20 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Games, 75 claims: 52 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 7 holds, 7 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-attested

77

Articles

A 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 Words

Games

DominoesJanggiNine Men's MorrisPachisiReversiRoyal Game of UrSenetXiangqi

Open Questions

What were the original playing rules of Senet?Where and when did Nine Men's Morris originate?

Sources

The Oxford History of Board Games

Scholarly debate

1

Games

Dominoes

Holds

7

Games

BackgammonJanggiKalahLudoOthelloParcheesiSorry!

Connected

19

Articles

A 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 Words

Games

Connect FourJanggiNine Men's MorrisPachisiReversiSenetXiangqi

Open Questions

What were the original playing rules of Senet?Where and when did Nine Men's Morris originate?

General References

20

Articles

A 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 Words

Games

DominoesJanggiNine Men's MorrisPachisiReversiRoyal Game of UrSenetXiangqi

Open Questions

What were the original playing rules of Senet?Where and when did Nine Men's Morris originate?
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