Text and lavish photographs recount the art and treasure of the German princes from 1000 A.D. to 1871.

More than one hundred games culled from the four corners of the earth-from Backgammon to the 3000-year-old Royal Game of Ur. Hundred of color and back-and-white photographs, paintings, and diagrams are complete details on how to construct them, easy-to-follow instructions on the way they are played, and intriguing tales of their histories