David Parlett is a games scholar from South London, who has studied both card game

Card game

A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games...

s and board game

Board game

A board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve...

s. His published works include many popular books on games and the more academic volumes "Oxford Guide to Card Games" and "Oxford History of Board Games", both now out of print. Parlett has also invented a number of board games, the most successful of which is Hare and Tortoise

Hare and Tortoise

Hare and Tortoise is a German-style board game designed by David Parlett in 1974 and first published by Intellect Games. In 1978 it was released by Ravensburger in Germany, where the game became a huge hit. It has since sold some 2 million units in at least ten languages, including two known...

 (1974). The German edition was awarded Spiel des Jahres

Spiel des Jahres

The Spiel des Jahres is an award for board and card games, created in 1978 with the stated purpose of rewarding excellence in game design, and promoting top-quality games in the German market. It is thought that the existence and popularity of the award is one of the major drivers of the quality...

 (game of the year) in 1979.

Books

• The Penguin Encyclopedia of Card Games
• The Oxford Dictionary of Card Games
• Teach Yourself Card Games
• The Oxford History of Board Games
• The Oxford Guide to Card Games / A History of Card Games
• Anarquía y Otros Juegos Sociales de Cartas
• All the Best Card Games
• Botticelli and Beyond
• Card Games for Everyone
• Family Card Games
• The Guinness Book of Word Games
• Know the Game: Patience
• Original Card Games
• The Penguin Book of Card Games
• The Penguin Book of Patience
• The Penguin Book of Word Games
• The Popular Dictionary of Card Games
• Solitaire: Aces Up and 399 other Card Games
• Teach Yourself Card Games
• Teach Yourself Card Games for Four
• Teach Yourself Card Games for Three
• Teach Yourself Card Games for Two
• Teach Yourself Card Games for One
• Teach Yourself Poker and Brag

Games

• Hare and Tortoise
  Hare and Tortoise
  Hare and Tortoise is a German-style board game designed by David Parlett in 1974 and first published by Intellect Games. In 1978 it was released by Ravensburger in Germany, where the game became a huge hit. It has since sold some 2 million units in at least ten languages, including two known...
  
  
• Ninety-Nine
• The puzzle of Oz
• Shoulder to Shoulder
• Pot Black, snooker dice
• "Rainbow" Junior Scrabble
  Scrabble
  Scrabble is a word game in which two to four players score points by forming words from individual lettered tiles on a game board marked with a 15-by-15 grid. The words are formed across and down in crossword fashion and must appear in a standard dictionary. Official reference works provide a list...
  
  
• The Gnümies Party Game
• Zoo Party / 7Safari / Alles für die Katz
• LifeCards - the Green Card Game
• Asterix
  Asterix
  Asterix or The Adventures of Asterix is a series of French comic books written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo . The series first appeared in French in the magazine Pilote on October 29, 1959...
  
  - the Card Game
• All Around the House game

External links

• David Parlett's homepage