Primary sources for the study of traditional board games consist of contemporary textual and archaeological evidence. The first is often scattered in usually brief passages or passing references in the corpus of extant works from the past, posing philological challenges which only experts can hope to surmount. In many cases archaeological evidence can throw some light on those passages. In its turn, archaeology will benefit from easy access to the textual evidence about artefacts which otherwise might  even remain unrecognised as gaming equipment. It is the main goal of this site to unlock both those resources for a wider audience of researchers and other interested readers.

Secundary material is collected in the bibliography, aimed at providing a comprehensive list of books and articles on the subject, if possible with links to their texts, and the list of links to other relevant websites. Last, but certainly not least, the gallery of images, is meant to contain freely available visual material on the games discussed in the text.

All of this can only be done as a community effort and it is hoped that others will join in adding content to the site.