This page brings together free online books and topic searches related to games and recreation, including chess, card games, puzzles, parlor games, sports games, and strategy. The materials range from older public domain works to modern scholarly studies.
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Topics – Games Books – Good Chess Strategy – Puzzles Books
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Games Books
- Acting games
- Adventure games
- Alee-Oop (Game)
- Alternate reality games
- Bakugan (Game)
- Ball games
- Battle of the sexes (Game)
- Bible games and puzzles
- Billons (Game)
- Bingo
- Blind pilgrims (Game)
- Bluffle (Game)
- Board games
- Brist (Game)
- Cañute (Game)
- Card games
- Carnival games
- Caroms (Game)
- Chess for children
- Circle games
- Classification—Books—Games
- Conkers (Game)
- Cornhole (Game)
- Darts (Game)
- Diabolo (Game)
- Dice games
- Dominoes
- Dozens (Game)
- Dreidel (Game)
- Drinking games
- Educational games
- Fantasy games
- Fifteen puzzle
- Finger soccer (Game)
- Flying discs (Game)
- Foosball (Game)
- Foxtail (Game)
- Gambling
- Games for one
- Games for travelers
- Games for two
- Games on horseback
- Geocaching (Game)
- Geographical recreations
- Gogo’s Crazy Bones (Game)
- Group games
- Guessing games
- Hand games
- Hide-and-seek
- Highland games
- Hopscotch
- Houses of cards (Playing card constructions)
- Indoor games
- Iroha karuta
- Jacks (Game)
- Jackstraws (Game)
- Jenga (Game)
- Joconde (Game)
- Keno
- Kho kho (Game)
- Kossaum (Game)
- Letter writing recreations
- Letterboxing (Game)
- Libraries—Special collections—Games
- Lotto
- Louisa (Game)
- Mah jong
- Marbles (Game)
- Matching games
- Matchstick games
- Milkcap games
- Moccasin game
- Mon (Game)
- Muggins (Game)
- Mystery games
- Orgy (Game)
- Ouija boards
- Outdoor games
- Pachinko
- Paintball (Game)
- Parachute games
- Pencil games
- Philosophical recreations
- Pinball machines
- Play-by-mail games
- Play-party
- Player agency (Games)
- Psychic games
- Psychological games
- Punch-Buggy (Game)
- Puzzles
- Quoitet
- Quoits
- Reading games
- Rhyming games
- Ringtoss
- Robot Sumo (Game)
- Rope skipping
- Sardines (Game)
- Schools—Exercises and recreations
- Senior Olympics
- Serious games
- Shell games
- Shuffleboard
- Singing games
- Spider (Game)
- Subbuteo (Game)
- Surrealist games
- Tabletop hockey (Game)
- Tag games
- Tell-tale (Game)
- Tic-tac-toe
- Toobee (Game)
- Traveller (Game)
- Treasure hunting
- Trilby (Game)
- Truth or dare (Game)
- Tug of war (Game)
- Tula-loo (Game)
- Tula-pins (Game)
- Tulaquette (Game)
- Twenty questions (Game)
- Video games
- Web (Game)
- Word games
- Yo-yos
Puzzles Books – Word Games Books
Gambling Books
Tabletop Games Books – Board Games
Electronic Games Books
Group Games Books, Outdoor Games, Other Games
Chess Strategy Books
Card Games Books
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