The Draughts Review
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Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 1926 |
Genre | : Checkers |
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Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 1926 |
Genre | : Checkers |
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Author | : Irving Chernev |
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Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
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Author | : Robert W. Pike |
Publisher | : Sterling Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : 9780806937946 |
Learn the skills and strategies to play the game of checkers like a champion.
Author | : Oliver Roeder |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 2022-01-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1324003782 |
A group biography of seven enduring and beloved games, and the story of why—and how—we play them. Checkers, backgammon, chess, and Go. Poker, Scrabble, and bridge. These seven games, ancient and modern, fascinate millions of people worldwide. In Seven Games, Oliver Roeder charts their origins and historical importance, the delightful arcana of their rules, and the ways their design makes them pleasurable. Roeder introduces thrilling competitors, such as evangelical minister Marion Tinsley, who across forty years lost only three games of checkers; Shusai, the Master, the last Go champion of imperial Japan, defending tradition against “modern rationalism”; and an IBM engineer who created a backgammon program so capable at self-learning that NASA used it on the space shuttle. He delves into the history and lore of each game: backgammon boards in ancient Egypt, the Indian origins of chess, how certain shells from a particular beach in Japan make the finest white Go stones. Beyond the cultural and personal stories, Roeder explores why games, seemingly trivial pastimes, speak so deeply to the human soul. He introduces an early philosopher of games, the aptly named Bernard Suits, and visits an Oxford cosmologist who has perfected a computer that can effectively play bridge, a game as complicated as human language itself. Throughout, Roeder tells the compelling story of how humans, pursuing scientific glory and competitive advantage, have invented AI programs better than any human player, and what that means for the games—and for us. Funny, fascinating, and profound, Seven Games is a story of obsession, psychology, history, and how play makes us human.
Author | : Pat Harrigan |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 845 |
Release | : 2016-04-15 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : 026233495X |
A look at wargaming’s past, present, and future—from digital games to tabletop games—and its use in entertainment, education, and military planning. With examples from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Harpoon, Warhammer 40,000, and more! Games with military themes date back to antiquity, and yet they are curiously neglected in much of the academic and trade literature on games and game history. This volume fills that gap, providing a diverse set of perspectives on wargaming’s past, present, and future. In Zones of Control, contributors consider wargames played for entertainment, education, and military planning, in terms of design, critical analysis, and historical contexts. They consider both digital and especially tabletop games, most of which cover specific historical conflicts or are grounded in recognizable real-world geopolitics. Game designers and players will find the historical and critical contexts often missing from design and hobby literature; military analysts will find connections to game design and the humanities; and academics will find documentation and critique of a sophisticated body of cultural work in which the complexity of military conflict is represented in ludic systems and procedures. Each section begins with a long anchoring chapter by an established authority, which is followed by a variety of shorter pieces both analytic and anecdotal. Topics include the history of playing at war; operations research and systems design; wargaming and military history; wargaming’s ethics and politics; gaming irregular and non-kinetic warfare; and wargames as artistic practice.
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Total Pages | : 688 |
Release | : 1895 |
Genre | : Bibliography, National |
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Author | : Millard Hopper |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2012-04-30 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : 0486137279 |
Improve your game with tips from the former Unrestricted World Checker Champion! More than 100 detailed questions and answers discuss basic principles, standard openings and end games, and other maneuvers.
Author | : Henry Spayth |
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Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 1870 |
Genre | : Checkers |
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Total Pages | : 676 |
Release | : 1909 |
Genre | : Electronic journals |
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Total Pages | : 800 |
Release | : 1909 |
Genre | : Electronic journals |
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