Home›Sources›Sport and Games Atlas Long-Form Articles, First EditionSourceSport and Games Atlas Long-Form Articles, First EditionAtlas Corpus ReferenceReference and ClassificationVerifiedThe atlas' own body of original long-form Learn More articles, each individually researched and cited to primary and secondary sources, held in review before publication.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (2,097 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsPublisherWell-attestedSport and Games AtlasSource TypeWell-attestedofficial-referenceSourcesSport and Games Atlas Long-Form Articles, First EditionSport and Games AtlasClaims Backed By This Source (2,097 claims)This source backs 2,097 claims across the atlas. As facts: 1,514 well-attested. As cited relationships: 27 connected. Plus 556 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicArticles, 2,094 claims: 1,511 well-attested, 27 connected, 556 general references.Sources, 3 claims: 3 well-attested.Well-attested1,514ArticlesCards Before Tiles: The Disputed Birthplace of MahjongCassino: an English craze, an Italian myth and a game that outlived its homeChainmail's Man-for-Man Rules and Their Grandson, Swords and SpellsChance, turn-taking and a barrel of themed piratesContested Hosts: The World Cup's Hardest ChoicesControl turns, the spinner and the race to the finish in Articulate!Critical reception and the legacy of The Castles of BurgundyCritics called Monopoly Deal fast, though not always fairCritics Called Mysterium a Fusion of Dixit and ClueCritics praised Scotland Yard but found its detective side the weaker halfCrocodile Dentist: how the lunge was tuned for fun and safetyCrokinole's Contested Origins and the Rise of the World ChampionshipDa Skid and the idol that split the OrksDenied the Captaincy in 2011, Carter Won the Next Final HimselfDesign for effect: how Squad Leader reduced infantry combat to three outcomesDixit rewards a clue that only some players understandDon't Wake Daddy: a toy fair hit and its afterlifeDuel Masters: shields, shared mana and a long life in JapanEight editions of Warhammer and how the first box was receivedEight Men Out: The 1919 World Series and the Scandal That Nearly Broke BaseballExpanded game, tournament deck and the 2010 reform of the Catan Card GameFIDE, Alekhine's death, and the making of a new world championshipFive Skills, Three Apparatuses: How Gymnastics Wrote Biles Into Its Own CodeForgeries, luck and the changing editions of MasterpieceFounded after hockey was left out of the 1924 OlympicsFour Categories and One Final Task Decide Every Game of CraniumFour editions, four titles: the history of Adeptus TitanicusFour heroes, four routes to victoryFour phases to a turn: how a Battlefleet Gothic battle is foughtFrom 26 shapes to 25: how Perfection changed after 1973From a 1966 London Meeting to World SquashFrom a Closed Club to the World: The French Open's Road to 1968From a dice race to a classroom tool: how the Game of the Goose was adaptedFrom a European body to a world federation: how backgammon organizes itselfFrom a federation anniversary to World Chess DayFrom a FIDE Anniversary to a United Nations World Chess DayFrom a flu-week prototype to a Kickstarter recordFrom a Hospital Ward to Rome: Ludwig Guttmann and the Paralympic Movement's BeginningFrom a Jutland game night to the Star Fleet UniverseFrom a Moscow classroom to the werewolf table: how Mafia spread and why villagers tend to winFrom a newspaper idea to the Champions League: how the European Cup beganFrom a rotating presidency to a single chairmanFrom a school prefect game to a fantasy questFrom a single imported set to a salaried professional leagueFrom a Stylophone Maker to a Licensing Empire: The Ownership History of Top TrumpsFrom a Twenty-Five-Point Board to Sixty-Four Squares: How Draughts Got Its RulesFrom Amsterdam to Copenhagen: how handball's world federation was rebuilt after the warFrom an amateur federation to basketball's sole world authorityFrom Bakery Toy to Century of Toys: The Making of CootieFrom BattleDroids to BattleTech: the name changes and the awardsShowing 51 to 100 of 489 entities carrying this claim.← Previous1234…10Next →Connected27ArticlesA Champion Walks Away: Kasparov, FIDE, and Thirteen Years of Two TitlesA Merger, a Roman Numeral and a Trophy: How the Super Bowl Got Its NameBefore There Was a Title: How an Informal Succession Became a ChampionshipBest of Seven: The World Series's Format and Its Two InterruptionsBoycotts, Bans and the Cold War: The Modern Games' Political HistoryContested Hosts: The World Cup's Hardest ChoicesEight Men Out: The 1919 World Series and the Scandal That Nearly Broke BaseballFrom a Closed Club to the World: The French Open's Road to 1968From a Hospital Ward to Rome: Ludwig Guttmann and the Paralympic Movement's BeginningFrom a Twenty-Five-Point Board to Sixty-Four Squares: How Draughts Got Its RulesFrom Kooyong to Melbourne Park: How the Australian Open Found a Permanent HomeFrom Newport to Flushing Meadows: The US Open's Three HomesFrom Thirteen Teams to a Global Institution: How the World Cup GrewImperial Roots, Global Game: Cricket's World Order and Its World CupLast of the Four: Wimbledon, Equal Prize Money and the Weight of TraditionMen First, Then Women, Then Everyone: The US Open and the Open EraMen Only, Then Everyone: The Australasian Championships' Road to a MajorNamed for an Aviator: How Roland Garros Became Tennis's Clay MajorOne Root, Two Branches: Draughts, Fanorona and the Limits of Alquerque's Family TreeReviving an Ancient Idea: Pierre de Coubertin and the Politics of 1896Selling Newspapers, Making a Legend: Henri Desgrange and the Tour's OriginsSharing a Host City: The Paralympic Movement's Long Road to ParityThe Accountant Who Broke Poker: Chris Moneymaker and the 2003 Main EventThe Game Around the Game: How the Super Bowl Became a Cultural EventThe Yellow Jersey and the Needle: The Tour's Doping ReckoningWhite Flannels and the Calypso Kings: The 1975 Inaugural World CupWhites, Strawberries and a Royal Box: Wimbledon's Guarded TraditionsGeneral References556ArticlesA 2010 Party Game Award and the Editions It SpawnedA Captaincy Tested: Wally Lewis and the 1985 Football AssassinationA card game built for a table of rivalsA Champion Walks Away: Kasparov, FIDE, and Thirteen Years of Two TitlesA Championship That Founded Its Own FederationA Clothesline Becomes the Wheel in an Australian Drinking GameA Cooperative Party Game With a Built-In Score CeilingA Day for Sport Dated by the First Modern OlympicsA discontinued 1987 game returned through an outside license rescueA dragon-hoard engine builder for quiet tablesA Flash Prototype, Then Three Fresh Mysteries: How Detective Grimoire GrewA franchise card game built around Leaders and a separate resource deckA Grid Scratched Everywhere: The Unsolved Geography of Nine Men's MorrisA launch under lawsuit and in long linesA lawsuit tested how far Bang!'s hidden-role design could be copiedA living card game built its campaign out of boons and burdensA lone royal against a protected army: how Maharajah and the Sepoys is wonA Merger, a Roman Numeral and a Trophy: How the Super Bowl Got Its NameA Monopoly parody that changed only the settingA music game that refuses to keep scoreA novel trilogy gave a franchise its name, and Nintendo kept the original game homeA prison board game and the argument over its subjectA Racket Reined In: How Composite Materials Forced Tennis to Cap the FrameA Shared Twelve-Card Start Shapes Every Game of Marvel Legendary, and the Line Keeps Growing Around ItA state-built path from Asian Games preparation to world medalsA Title Older Than Its Federation: Draughts Championship Before 1947A Wargame Built Because Players Asked for the Biggest OneA weekend of cuts and the prize that split the juryAbalone's Mensa Select Award And Its Cautiously Warm Debut ReviewAdvanced Squad Leader: how a rules cleanup became a replacement systemAeroplane chess and its game of sixesAgricola as the Spiel des Jahres association describes itAkbar's Court of Stone: When an Emperor Became a Living Game PieceArk Nova: a zoo built from a card player's habitsBarcelona 1992: how one badminton program gave Indonesia its first Olympic goldBefore FISA: when every rowing club raced by its own rulesBefore There Was a Title: How an Informal Succession Became a ChampionshipBegging and running the cards: how an all fours deal is negotiatedBest of Seven: The World Series's Format and Its Two InterruptionsBetting on Yourself: Calls and Special Cards in TichuBetween Boggle and Scrabble: how Bananagrams was received and awardedBlokus and Its Run of Industry AwardsBobby Orr and the business of being a star playerBolt Action's Third Edition Widened the BattlefieldBorn Two Days Before Kickoff: CAF and the First Africa Cup of NationsBotvinnik's three reigns, and the computer program he left behindBoycotts, Bans and the Cold War: The Modern Games' Political HistoryCannon Fire and Palace Walls: How Xiangqi Diverged from Its Chess CousinsCan't Stop: the arithmetic of pushing your luckCards Against Humanity Made Black Friday Its Own Marketing StuntShowing 1 to 50 of 487 entities carrying this claim.123…10Next →Comments (0)No comments yet. 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