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GAMES & PUZZLES
magazine
1972-81
We are planning to publish all issues of this classic magazine online. Cost of registering for the site will be 30 gbp (50 usd, 40 euro) per annum. Please contact me (above) if you may be interested. Doing so will place you under no obligation. (See also UPDATES)

David Parlett games etc

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Games such as bingo are fun for the entire family. Adults can enjoy bingo at special events or online for cash and prizes.

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.

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.

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.

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.