title: Games : Discover and Play 5 Famous Ancient Games (British Museum Activity Books)
author:  Irving Finkel 
description: Board games have been played since prehistoric times, passing from person to person and country to country all over the world. This colourful and unique book explains the origins of five of the most long-lasting games, with five fold out game boards and rules so that you can play the games yourself. To play the games you can use ordinary modern dice and anything you like for counters: buttons or sweets will do!
zlib_text: Board Game Studies Journal
  ISSN 2183-3311
  http://bgsj.ludus-opuscula.org
  bgsj@ludus-opuscula.org
  Editorial Board
  Jorge Nuno Silva
  (managing editor)
  University of Lisbon
  jnsilva@cal.berkeley.edu
  Alex de Voogt
  Museum of Natural History
  NY, USA
  adevoogt@amnh.org
  Carlos P. Santos
  CELC
  cps.carlos@gmail.com
  Fernanda Frazão
  Apenas Livros
  fernandarbfrazao@gmail.com
  Irving Finkel
  British Museum
  cuneatics@aol.com
  João Pedro Neto
  University of Lisbon
  jpn@di.fc.ul.pt
  Lídia Fernandes
  Museu Romano
  capitulidia@gmail.com
  Thierry Depaulis
  Le Vieux Papier
  thierry.depaulis@free.fr
  Ulrich Schädler
  Musée Suisse du Jeu
  u.schaedler@museedujeu.ch
  Supporting Institutions
  Associação Ludus
  ludus@ludicum.org
  Centro Inter-Universitário de
  História da Ciência e da Tecnologia
  (CIUHCT)
  Published by
  Associação Ludus
  R. da Escola Politécnica, 56
  1250-102 Lisboa
  PORTUGAL
  Typeset in LATEX
  
  The role of the dice in board games
  history
  Alex de Voogt, Nathan Epstein & Rachel Sherman-Presser
  ARTICLES
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