Games of the Gods: The Origin of Board Games in Magic and Divination
- ISBN-10
- 0877286965
- ISBN-13
- 9780877286967
- Category
- Board games
- Pages
- 244
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989
- Publisher
- Red Wheel/Weiser
- Author
- Nigel Pennick
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