羅伯特·查爾斯·貝爾

羅伯特·查爾斯·貝爾Robert Charles Bell,1917年—2002年),英國外科醫生,以桌上遊戲研究而知名。

生平

生於安大略省,1928年赴英國求學,成為外科醫生,業餘興趣是研究各種桌上遊戲,在1960年出版研究書《來自許多文明的版圖、桌上遊戲》(Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations),並替遊戲作有系統分類,自鑄相關術語,如擲賽遊戲

部分著作

  • The Boardgame Book. London: Bookthrift Company, 1979.
  • Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, 1979. ISBN 0-486-23855-5
    • Reprint: New York: Exeter Books, 1983.
  • Discovering Mah-Jongg - Shire Publications.
  • Discovering Chess - Shire Publications
  • Discovering Old Board Games - Shire Publications #182 ISBN 0-85263-235-5
  • Discovering Backgammon - Shire Publications #201 ISBN 0-85263-263-0

參考資料

  • Bell, RC, Board and Table Games rev. 1969 and rpt. with vol 2 as Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations Mineola, NY: Dover, 1979, London: Oxford University Press, 1960, ISBN 0-486-23855-5 
  • Bell, RC, Board and Table Games 2 rpt. with vol 1 as Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations Mineola, NY: Dover, 1979, London: Oxford University Press, 1969, ISBN 0-486-23855-5 
  • Bell, RC, Discovering Backgammon 2nd, Shire Publications, 1984, ISBN 978-0-85263-474-5 
  • Finkel, Irving (编), Notes on the Contributors, Ancient Board Games in Perspective, London: The British Museum Press: v–vi, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7141-1153-7 
  • Parlett, David, The Oxford History of Board Games, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999, ISBN 0-19-212998-8