History

Founded by Leslie Scott

Leslie Scott

Leslie Scott may refer to:*Leslie Scott , creator of the game "Jenga"* Leslie Scott , Conservative MP 1910–1929, Solicitor-General 1922* Leslie M. Scott, Oregon historian and politician...

 ( the creator of Jenga

Jenga

Jenga is a game of physical and mental skill created by Leslie Scott, and currently marketed by Parker Brothers, a division of Hasbro. During the game, players take turns to remove a block from a tower and balance it on top, creating a taller and increasingly unstable structure as the game...

), and the graphic designer, Sara Finch.
Finch & Scott co-designed Swipe and The Great Western Railway Game (published by Gibsons Games) in 1985, and then went on to develop and design almost forty games together. Most were published and marketed through Oxford Games Ltd, though there were several that were designed to commission for other companies such as Past Times, and still others that were endorsed by institutions, such as the Ashmolean Museum

Ashmolean Museum

The Ashmolean Museum on Beaumont Street, Oxford, England, is the world's first university museum...

.

Oxford Games

The collection of games published by the company comprises over thirty games, including

• Ex Libris, endorsed by the Bodleian Library
  Bodleian Library
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   and the British Library
  British Library
  The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom, and is the world's largest library in terms of total number of items. The library is a major research library, holding over 150 million items from every country in the world, in virtually all known languages and in many formats,...
  
  

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• Tabula

• Bookworm, endorsed by the Bodleian Library
  Bodleian Library
  The Bodleian Library , the main research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in Britain is second in size only to the British Library...
  
  

• Playing Shakespeare, endorsed by the Royal Shakespeare Company
  Royal Shakespeare Company
  The Royal Shakespeare Company is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs 700 staff and produces around 20 productions a year from its home in Stratford-upon-Avon and plays regularly in London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and on tour across...
  
  

• The Game of Garden Maze

• Inspiration, endorsed by the Fitzwilliam Museum
  Fitzwilliam Museum
  The Fitzwilliam Museum is the art and antiquities museum of the University of Cambridge, located on Trumpington Street opposite Fitzwilliam Street in central Cambridge, England. It receives around 300,000 visitors annually. Admission is free....
  
  

• The Hieroglyphs Game, endorsed by the Ashmolean Museum
  Ashmolean Museum
  The Ashmolean Museum on Beaumont Street, Oxford, England, is the world's first university museum...