Colloquia

Board Game Studies Colloquium VIII Oxford, England, UK Programme Full programme, PDF version WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27TH 2005 9:30 Gaspar Pujol The quest for the lost game 10:15 Pedro Palhares The use of board games to enhance primary school children's problem solving 11:00 Coffe Break 11:30 John Firth The design and making of board games and playing pieces 12:15 Irving Finkel The arrival and spread of pachisi from India 13:00 Lunch Break 14:15 Adrian Seville The game of goose in advertising: A study in board game design 15:00 Janine Schiller Playgrounds - The world in a game 15:45 Tea Break 16:15 Andrew Perkis Halma: The quest for variants with complete rules 17:00 Free time 18:30 Reception with Lawrence Taylor of the Alice in Oxford Shop. THURSDAY, APRIL 28TH 2005 There is a wealth of museums and historic buildings to be seen in Oxford. Thursday morning is free time when you may choose which to visit. Members of the AGCA will be coming to Oxford that day and you may wish to meet up with someone from the group and decide your own programme. Museum of Oxford is dedicated to the history of Oxford and its university. There is an Alice Exhibition Ashmolean Museum developed from a 'cabinet of curiosities' and it displays antiquities from the Palaeolithic to the Victorian periods, from Egypt and the Middle and Far East to Europe and Great Britain. Pitt Rivers Museum displays archaeological and enthographic objects from around the world. Alice's Shop is the Old Sheep Shop immortalised in 'Through the Looking Glass'. As well as being a shop, it displays original artwork and many fascinating 'Alice' related objects. 10:00 and 12:00 Bodelian Library. Behind the Scenes visits. Twenty people will be selected to have the Behind the Scenes tour with Dr. Lambert. The visits will be restricted to non British members. 13:45 BGS members and those members of AGCA who wish to come will meet at 1:45 at the Christ Church College entrance in St. Aldates for the tour ALICE IN OXFORD. Charles Dodgson was a Christ Church fellow and mathematics tutor but he is best known as Lewis Carroll, author of 'Alice in Wonderland'. His stories were inspired by the 10 year old daughter of the college's head, Alice Liddell. This tour centres on Christ Church and is a wonderful opportunity to explore the places known to Alice. Tour will last about two hours. Evening Be free time to relax and enjoy Oxford. As AGCA members will be in Oxford, arrangements have been made to have dinner with them at the Quod Restaurant in the High Street about 6:30. This is housed in a Georgian banking hall which is very close to Christ Church College. This meal is not included in the programme and is paid for individually. FRIDAY, APRIL 29TH 2005 9:30 Pascal Gygax, J Retschitzki and R Richardson Warri experts and cognition 10:15 R Richardson, J Retschitzki and Pascal Gygax Warri grandmaster's representation of expertise: A systematic analysis of strategy during tournament games 11:00 Coffe Break 11:30 David Parlett Rules OK 12:15 Mauricio de Araújo Lima Brazilian indigenous games 13:00 Lunch Break 14:15 Dr. John Rankin and Mr. H Seera Selectable rule based games 15:00 Cosimo Cardellicchio Applications of the network theory in the dynamics of board games 15:45 Tea Break 16:15 Jorge Nuno Silva Barozzi's rithmomachia 17:00 Vítor Bautista i Roca Africa hidden inside a small hole: Mancala games played in Dominican Republic SATURDAY, APRIL 30TH, 2005 9:30 Ulrich Schädler and Anne Elizabeth Vaturi New histories of ancient games: The finds from Jiroft 10:15 George I Bell and John D Beasley New problems on old solitaire boards 11:00 Coffe Break 11:30 Mayarí Granados Post -und reisespiele in the collection of the museum of Communication 12:15 Richard Huzzey Race and imperial culture in British board games of the 19th century 13:00 Lunch Break 14:15 Richard Ballam Jaques board games, 1850-1900 15:00 Eric W Solomon Aids to originality 15:45 Tea Break 16:15 Maria Schetelich THE MAD KING'S GAME or The Rakshasa Way of Playing Chess Evening General Discussion before adjourning to dinner. 19:00 Dinner English fare at The Mitre Inn, High Street, Oxford.

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