Free games books

Games books help you play better and enjoy more. Chess, cards, board games, tabletop role-playing and video games are all covered, with rules, strategy, guides and histories. They suit those who play to win and those who just want to gather friends round a table. This list shows the ones you can read in full for free.

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Whist Rules
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Free

Whist Rules

Kate Wheelock

Published 1896

100 pages

Chess Problems
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Free

Chess Problems

Vicente Maria Norberto Portilla

Published 1873

66 pages

Billiards
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Free

Billiards

William Broadfoot

Published 1896

556 pages

The Holy City
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Free

The Holy City

George Williams

Published 1849

716 pages

Old New Zealand
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Free

Old New Zealand

Frederick Edward Maning

Published 1884

312 pages

Hoyle's Games
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Free

Hoyle's Games

Thomas Frere

Published 1875

384 pages

Chess Gems
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Free

Chess Gems

John Augustus Miles

Published 1878

500 pages

Chess Problems
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Chess Problems

James Rayner

Published 1890

106 pages