Welcome to Ways To Play
This is a site about games, traditional and modern, that are played around the world.
There are two main areas on this site, of Articles about games or families of games, and Games themselves. There is also an index of game names by language, if you are trying to locate a game. Every page on this website should be considered a work in progress: nothing is definite, and everything is subject to revision! You might also be interested in the About page or perhaps the site-wide Bibliography.
For other sites about games, please visit the See Also page.
— George
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- Pèi ()
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- John Amos Comenius’ Janua Linguarum Reserata (1629—) ()
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Longest pages
- The History & Art of Hanafuda (12,969 words)
- Japanese Hanafuda Brands (9,605 words)
- The Pigeon Lottery (9,500 words)
- The Games of Gargantua (1534—) (7,745 words)
- Ceki cards (5,943 words)
- Crown & Anchor (4,217 words)
- Nine Men’s Morris (4,120 words)
- Tic-Tac-Toe (2,615 words)
- Chuck-a-Luck (2,331 words)
- Balik Satu (2,268 words)
- Kartu Lima (2,219 words)
- Pèi (2,093 words)
- Morabaraba (1,907 words)
- Cee-Lo (1,870 words)
- London Street Games (1916) (1,869 words)
- Kōnane (1,804 words)
- Three Men’s Morris (1,622 words)
- John Amos Comenius’ Janua Linguarum Reserata (1629—) (1,495 words)
- Shoe the Mare (1,427 words)
- Playing Cards in New Zealand (1,402 words)