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David Parlett   games etc

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mugshot I specialise in indoor games (card games, board games, word games) as a freelance inventor, writer, historian and consultant. Sometimes I even get round to playing them. H&T cartoon My best-known board game, Hare & Tortoise, has sold over 3 million copies since first published in 1974 and was the first ever winner of Germany's Game of the Year award. Book cover My books include the Penguin Book of Card Games (now available on Kindle), the Oxford History of Card Games, and the Oxford History of Board Games.
I also give talks and run workshops on the history, theory and appreciation of games, advise on the staging of games in period films and TV productions, and am a consultant on games terminology to the Oxford English Dictionary. Globe This site lists all my books, games and film/TV credits and includes some on-line games. Some pages are devoted to other of my interests. Click globe (left) for site map, or pick a thumbnail below.

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My card
games

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...and
solitaires

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Historic
card games

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Skat
card game

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Hare &
Tortoise

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My other
games

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Play games
NOW!

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Essays &
articles

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Books I've
published

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My word
games

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TV & film
consultancy

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My photo
gallery

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Sketches &
drawings

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Carmina
Burana

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Music of
A. Bax

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My Quaker
meeting

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News of
Alex

Links to sites I like