Excerpt from Checkers: A Treatise on the Game The deeper we go into games the more interesting, the more intricate we find them, and it is curious to note how the different pastimes of the mediaeval ages seem to be based on the same principle, though varying in form and execution, according to the method of play adopted by the several races or nations by Whom they were invented or where they were received. This applies to both card and table games respectively, and in each instance the origin of the given types of games ...
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Excerpt from Checkers: A Treatise on the Game The deeper we go into games the more interesting, the more intricate we find them, and it is curious to note how the different pastimes of the mediaeval ages seem to be based on the same principle, though varying in form and execution, according to the method of play adopted by the several races or nations by Whom they were invented or where they were received. This applies to both card and table games respectively, and in each instance the origin of the given types of games will be found to be similar in character at the beginning, although differing from one another, as presented in different places and at various epochs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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