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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- The History & Art of Hanafuda ()
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- Shàng Dà Rén Cards ()
- Gambling Games of Malaya (1955) ()
- Articles ()
- Pèi ()
- Fishing for Hairtails ()
- Glossary of Games Terminology ()
- John Amos Comenius’ Janua Linguarum Reserata (1629—) ()
- New Hanafuda & Hwatu ()
- Morabaraba ()
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- The Camelot Family ()
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- The History & Art of Hanafuda (11,903 words)
- Japanese Hanafuda Brands (8,534 words)
- The Pigeon Lottery (8,437 words)
- The Games of Gargantua (1534—) (7,646 words)
- Ceki cards (5,122 words)
- Crown & Anchor (3,689 words)
- Nine Men’s Morris (3,319 words)
- Tic-Tac-Toe (2,295 words)
- Kartu Lima (2,220 words)
- Balik Satu (2,215 words)
- Chuck-a-Luck (2,206 words)
- Pèi (2,082 words)
- London Street Games (1916) (1,908 words)
- Cee-Lo (1,684 words)
- Kōnane (1,602 words)
- Morabaraba (1,531 words)
- John Amos Comenius’ Janua Linguarum Reserata (1629—) (1,431 words)
- Playing Cards in New Zealand (1,349 words)
- The Camelot Family (1,337 words)
- Three Men’s Morris (1,309 words)