Playing with Maps: Cartographic Games in Western Culture - Paperback

by Adrian Seville (Author), Thierry Depaulis (Author), Geert H. Bekkering (Author)

This is the first serious book wholly devoted to games based on maps. The authors are experts in their respective fields: board games, playing cards and dissected puzzles. They bring an informed historical approach to the development and diffusion of these games up to about the beginning of the twentieth century, including games from Western Europe and America in all their intriguing variety. This book is an essential reference source for those wishing to research this neglected area, while those new to the field will be pleasantly surprised at the interesting and unusual maps that these games exploit.

Author Biography

Adrian Seville, Ph.D. (1972), University of Edinburgh, is an Emeritus Professor of City, University of London. His publications on the history of printed board games include The Cultural Legacy of the Royal Game of the Goose (Amsterdam University Press, 2019).

Thierry Depaulis is an independent historian specializing in the history of mind games (card, board, dice and table games). He is the author of many publications - journal articles, books, exhibition catalogues, etc., mainly in French and English, on card games, tarot, playing cards, and board games.

Geert Bekkering, Drs. Biology (1974), University of Utrecht, is a retired teacher. His publications on the history of jigsaw puzzles in the Netherlands (1988) and Germany (2004) accompanied major exhibitions.