Step by Step: Proceedings of the 4th Colloquium Board Games in Academia

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ISBN-13: 9782827109340
Publisher: Editions Universitaires Fribourg Suisse
Publication date: 12/28/2002
Pages: 214

	List of contributors	7
	Introducing Interdisciplinary Board Games Studies	9
1	Senet: a different "gaming concept"	15
2	Daldos - An almost forgotten board-game	25
3	Halma and Chinese checkers: Origins and variations	37
4	Pallankuhzi, a traditional board game of women in Tamil nadu	49
5	The development of professional Go and Shogi in the Edo era (1603-1868) in Japan	59
6	Games and gaming pieces in Iron age Denmark	65
7	About the origin of Chess	79
8	The Talmud, Firdausi and the Greek game "City"	91
9	Intelligence and chess	103
10	The invention and transmission of Chess knowledge	113
11	Learn from your opponent - but what if he/she/it knows less than you?	123
12	Mancala games - Topics in Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence	133
13	Deciphering the Board games invented by the Raja of Mysore	147
14	Games interrupted - from historical moments when mathematics comes into play	163
15	Learning awale strategies	175
16	Evaluating game activities: a study with brazilian children	183
17	Playing the board? Or playing the opponent's mind?	191
	Author index	203
	Subject index	207

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