Parlor Games: Amusements and Entertainment for Everyone

Book Overview

Opening the door to the fun-filled frolics and cerebral sports of yesteryear, Parlor Games presents more than 150 games, puzzles, and activities that will turn any gathering into a festival of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0609610279
• ISBN13: 9780609610275
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Clarkson Potter Publishers
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

Gentle amusements of the past

Editor Roy Finamore has dished up a gem of a book with PARLOR GAMES. Made up of past-times from the days of your grandparents, PARLOR GAMES reads like a guide to the home entertainment systems of the Victorian era. No nintendo here, instead we have riddles and conundrums, pantomimes, and games with pencil and paper and brains. Its like having a number of board games in one book. Readers of Dickens and Austen will love this title, for it reflects a far more genteel time than our own and is written in a charming, literate voice. All that said, none of the FUN of any of these games is the least bit dated. They are sure to amuse young and old alike. Buy PARLOR GAMES and spend some wonderful evenings with the people who matter in your life.