Board Games Studies to Publish Proceedings of XIII Colloquium!

This is good news - I will continue to check periodically to see (if) when the CD becomes available for purchase at estimated 10 Euros (including postage) sometime early in 2011.  All presenters at the Paris Colloquium 14 -17 April, 2010, may submit their papers for vetting and publication.  Further information. 

I believe the Paris colloquium was one of the most successful since the colliquia were launched back in the 1990s.  I would love to have attended at least one of the sessions but I could not escape tax season, alas.  At any rate, it appears the colloquium was fully booked - no seats left to attend any of the sessions! 

I am very happy that the presentations will be made available for purchase to members of the general public who are interested in the various aspects of board games studies.

Board Game Studies XIIIth Colloquium: April in Paris...

April in Paris.  Ahhhh, romance, romance, and more romance...  Here I'm stuck in Milwaukee dreading doing yard clean-up, which I should really be out there doing right now.  Ach!  But I can dream about Frank Sinatra serenading me during a moonlit stroll along the Thames...

This is the one Board Games Studies Colloquium I wanted to go to, but couldn't - right at the end of tax season and NO ONE, I do mean NO ONE, gets off during the end of tax season, which culminates at the April 15, 2010 deadline and mad rushes to the post office to get things postmarked prior to midnight.  Sigh.

PROGRAMME
This programme is provisional and may be modified without previous notice.

Wednesday 14 April
morning — Chairperson: Ulrich Schädler

9:30-10:15 : Jean-Marie Lhôte (invited speaker), Opening Lecture
Coffee break — Registration

Mathematical Games in History

11:00-11:30 : Jorge Nuno Silva, "George Berkeley's Ludus Algebraicus"
11:30-12:00 : Alda Carvalho, João P. Neto, Carlos Santos, Jorge Nuno Silva, "History of Nim Games"
12:00-12:30 : Discussion
Lunch

afternoon — Chairperson: Alex de Voogt
Ancient and Medieval Archaeology

14:00-14:30 : Anne-Elizabeth Vaturi, "Fragments of a game of 58 Holes among the Pratt ivories in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)"
14:30-15:00 : Claudia-Maria Behling, "Games involving nuts as a topos for childhood in Late Antiquity and pre-Christian time"
15:00-15:30 : Marko Jankovic, "Board game accessories in Roman graves of Moesia Superior (more or less present Serbia)"
Coffee break
15:45-16:15 : Mark A. Hall & Katherine Forsyth, "On the compatibility of Gaelic ‘Fidcheall’ and its P–Celtic cognates with the Roman introduction of Tafl-like games to the British Isles"
16:15-16:45 : Mark A. Hall, "Black to move: a look at some jet chess pieces from Britain"
16:45-17:15 : Ulrich Schädler, "Le plateau de jeu d'Autun : romain ou Renaissance ?"
17:15-17:45 : Discussion

Thursday 15 April
morning — Chairperson: Jorge Nuno
Maths, Computers & Games

9:30-10:00 : Tristan Cazenave, Abdallah Saffidine, "Monte-Carlo Hex"
10:00-10:30 : Fabien Teytaud, "The Game of Havannah: nice challenge for computers"
Coffee break
10:45-11:15 : Jean Mehat, Tristan Cazenave, "Ary, a general game playing program"
11:15-11:45 : Olivier Teytaud, "The Game of Go: recent progress for an old game"
11:45-12:15 : Tristan Cazenave, Nicolas Jouandeau, "Towards deadlock free Sokoban"
12:15-12:45 : Discussion
Lunch / Déjeuner

afternoon — Chairperson: Thierry Depaulis
20th-Century Archaeology

14:00-14:30 : Michel Boutin, "Les jeux de pions en France dans les années 1900 et leurs liens avec les jeux étrangers. L’invention d’un jeu singulier : l’Attaque"
14:30-15:00 : Edward Copisarow, "Chronologies using British 19th-century Intellectual Property records: Ludo, Agon and Reversi"
15:00-15:30 : Gadi Kfir, "Hunting for Board Games in Poland"
Coffee break
16:00-16:30 : Fred Horn, "Lost treasures: hidden gems of abstract/strategic board games within the pages of Games & Puzzles nos 1-77 (1972-80)"
16:30-17:00 : Tom Werneck, "The impact of the Award ‘Spiel des Jahres’ on the Development of the Market for Board Games in Germany"
17:00-17:30 : Discussion

Friday 16 April
morning — Chairperson: Anne-Elizabeth Vaturi
Games in History

9:00-9:30 : Arie van der Stoep, "Footsteps of the past" (On alquerque and draughts)
9:30-10:00 : David H. Caldwell & Mark A. Hall, "What do we really know about the Lewis chessmen?"
10:00-10:30 : Phil Winkelman, "A∂ elta stelpur: an Icelandic chimera"
Coffee break
10:45-11:15 : Thierry Depaulis, "Three early 17th-century printed board games by the Veuve Petit in Paris"
11:15-11:45 : Phillippa Plock & Adrian Seville, "The Rothschild Collection of printed board games at Waddesdon Manor"
11:45-12:15 : Bruce Whitehill, "‘The Checkered Game of Life, 1860 – Milton Bradley’s First Game"
12:15-12:45 : Discussion
Lunch

afternoon

Visits of the Louvre (Oriental and Egyptian Antiquities)
and of the Cabinet des Médailles (BnF)

Groups 1 and 3 leave FIAP at 14:00; Group 2 leaves FIAP at 15:00.

evening

Official dinner at the “Au Moulin Vert” Restaurant, 34bis rue des Plantes, 75014 Paris

Saturday 17 April
morning — Chairperson: Jean Retschitzki
Traditional Games

9:30-10:00 : Alex de Voogt, "The archaeology and anthropology of Syrian mancala"
10:00-10:30 : Peter Michaelsen, "Haretavl - hare and hounds as a board game"
Coffee break
10:45-11:15 : Piotr Adamczyk, "Short history of board games in Poland (from around 1st cent. A.D. till 17th cent.)"
11:15-11:45 : Irving Finkel, "A very early counting system in traditional Indian games
and some implications"
11:45-12:15 : Paul Lequesne, "Des contes et des jeux"
12:15-12:45 : Discussion
Lunch / Déjeuner

afternoon — Chairperson: Tristan Cazenave
Games in Theory and in Practice

14:00-14:30 : David Parlett, "What’s it all about? – Abstraction and representationalism in games"
14:30-15:00 : Michel Van Langendonckt, "Vers une typologie des interactions sociales dans les jeux de pions"
15:00-15:30 : Michele B. King, "From gangsta’ to gamester: an entertainment-education strategy for a school-based gang prevention program"
15:30-16:00 : Dores Ferreira, Pedro Palhares, Jorge Nuno Silva, "The ability to play games and its connection with pattern recognition"
Coffee break
16:15-16:45 : Michel Quenault, Tristan Cazenave, “General Gaming : une classification des jeux basée sur les mécanismes possibles de l’arbitre pour une généricité des jeux plus étendue”
16:45-17:15 : Carlota Dias, Jorge Nuno Silva, Pedro Palhares, "Mathematical Games for the Blind"
17:15-17:45 : Manouk Borzakian, "Pistes pour une approche géographique des jeux de plateau"
17:45-18:15 : Discussion

End of colloquium

Further information on the Board Games Studies colloquia here.

Board Games Studies
XIII Colloquium
Paris, France
April 14 - 17, 2010

It is so unfortunate that the colloquia are usually held in April.  I can NEVER get away in April - it's tax season from January 1st until April 15th, for Goddess' sake!  Here is the revised provisional schedule - 37 presentations and many of them I would love to hear.  I am so sad.

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
This programme is provisional and may be modified without previous notice.

Wednesday 14 April, morning session

Jean-Marie Lhôte (invited speaker), Opening Lecture
Mathematical Games in History

Jorge Nuno Silva, "George Berkeley's Ludus Algebraicus"

Alda Carvalho, João P. Neto, Carlos Santos, Jorge Nuno Silva, "History of Nim Games"

Discussion

Wednesday 14 April, afternoon session

Ancient and Medieval Archaeology
Anne-Elizabeth Vaturi, "Fragments of a game of 58 Holes among the Pratt ivories in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)"

Claudia-Maria Behling, "Games involving nuts as a topos for childhood in Late Antiquity and pre-Christian time"

Marko Jankovic, "Board game accessories in Roman graves of Moesia Superior (more or less present Serbia)"

Mark A. Hall & Katherine Forsyth, "On the compatibility of Gaelic ‘Fidcheall’ and its P–Celtic cognates with the Roman introduction of Tafl-like games to the British Isles"

Mark A. Hall, "Black to move: a look at some jet chess pieces from Britain"

Ulrich Schädler, "Le plateau de jeu d'Autun : romain ou Renaissance ?"

Discussion

Thursday 15 April, morning session

Maths, Computers & Games
Tristan Cazenave, Abdallah Saffidine, "Monte-Carlo Hex"

Tristan Cazenave, Nicolas Jouandeau, "Towards deadlock free Sokoban"

Jean Mehat, Tristan Cazenave, "Ary, a general game playing program"

Olivier Teytaud, "The Game of Go: recent progress for an old game"

Fabien Teytaud, "The Game of Havannah: nice challenge for computers"

Discussion

Thursday 15 April, afternoon session

20th-Century Archaeology
Michel Boutin, "Circulation des jeux de pions entre éditeurs français et étrangers autour de 1900 : brevets, marques, plagiats..."

Edward Copisarow, "Chronologies using British 19th-century Intellectual Property records: Ludo, Agon and Reversi"

Gadi Kfir, "Hunting for Board Games in Poland"

Fred Horn, "Lost treasures: hidden gems of abstract/strategic board games within the pages of Games & Puzzles nos 1-77 (1972-80)"

Tom Werneck, "The impact of the Award ‘Spiel des Jahres’ on the Development of the Market for Board Games in Germany"

Discussion

Friday 16 April, morning session

Games in History
Arie van der Stoep, "Footsteps of the past" (On alquerque and draughts)

David H. Caldwell & Mark A. Hall, "What do we really know about the Lewis chessmen?"

Phil Winkelman, "A∂ elta stelpur: an Icelandic chimera"

Thierry Depaulis, "Three early 17th-century printed board games by the Veuve Petit in Paris"

Phillippa Plock & Adrian Seville, "The Rothschild Collection of printed board games at Waddesdon Manor"

Bruce Whitehill, "‘The Game of Life’, Milton Bradley's first game, 1860"

Discussion

Friday 16 April, afternoon session
Visits of the Louvre (Oriental and Egyptian Antiquities) and of the Cabinet des Médailles (BnF) ("Charlemagne" chesspieces, various unpublished small objects – dice, gamepieces, counters, tesserae – from the Froehner Collection)

Friday 16 April, evening
Official dinner at the "Au Moulin Vert" Restaurant, 34bis rue des Plantes, 75014 Paris

Saturday 17 April, morning session

Traditional Games
Dr. V. Balambal, "Kallankai, a traditional stone-catching game"

Alex de Voogt, "The archaeology and anthropology of Syrian mancala"

Peter Michaelsen, "Haretavl - hare and hounds as a board game"

Thorsten Traulsen, "Some historical issues of the Korean Yut game"

Irving Finkel, "A very early counting system in traditional Indian games
and some implications"

Piotr Adamczyk, "Short history of board games in Poland (from around 1st cent. A.D. till 17th cent.)"

Discussion

Saturday 17 April, afternoon session

Games in Theory and in Practice
Michel Quenault, Tristan Cazenave, "General gaming: une classification des jeux basée sur les mécanismes possibles de l'arbitre pour une généricité des jeux plus étendue"

David Parlett, "Abstraction and representation in games"

Manouk Borzakian, "Pistes pour une approche géographique des jeux de plateau"

Michele B. King, "From gangsta’ to gamester: an entertainment-education strategy for a school-based gang prevention program"

Michel Van Langendonckt, "Vers une typologie des interactions sociales dans les jeux de pions"

Dores Ferreira, Pedro Palhares, Jorge Nuno Silva, "The ability to play games and its connection with pattern recognition"

Carlota Dias, Jorge Nuno Silva, Pedro Palhares, "Mathematical Games for the Blind"

Discussion

Board Game Studies XIIIth Colloquium

Here is the program information for the upcoming Board Games Studies Colloquium to be held in Paris April 14 - 17, 2010. Thanks to Thierry Depaulis for the email heads-up. You can also find information at Board Games Studies, along with information on past Colloquia. PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME This programme is provisional and may be modified without previous notice. Wednesday 14 April, morning session Jean-Marie Lhôte (invited speaker), Opening Lecture Mathematical Games in History Jorge Nuno Silva, "George Berkeley's Ludus Algebraicus" Alda Carvalho, João P. Neto, Carlos Santos, Jorge Nuno Silva, "History of Nim Games" Discussion Wednesday 14 April, afternoon session Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Anne-Elizabeth Vaturi, "Fragments of a game of 58 Holes among the Pratt ivories in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)" Claudia-Maria Behling, "Games involving nuts as a topos for childhood in Late Antiquity and pre-Christian time" Marko Jankovic, "Board game accessories in Roman graves of Moesia Superior (more or less present Serbia)" Mark A. Hall & Katherine Forsyth, "On the compatibility of Gaelic ‘Fidcheall’ and its P–Celtic cognates with the Roman introduction of Tafl-like games to the British Isles" Mark A. Hall, "Black to move: a look at some jet chess pieces from Britain" Ulrich Schädler, "Le plateau de jeu d'Autun : romain ou Renaissance ?" Discussion Thursday 15 April, morning session Maths, Computers & Games Tristan Cazenave, Abdallah Saffidine, "Monte-Carlo Hex" Tristan Cazenave, Nicolas Jouandeau, "Towards deadlock free Sokoban" Jean Mehat, Tristan Cazenave, "Ary, a general game playing program" Olivier Teytaud, "Game of Go: recent progress for an old game" Fabien Teytaud, "Game of Havannah: nice challenge for computers" Discussion Thursday 15 April, afternoon session 20th-Century Archaeology Michel Boutin, "Circulation des jeux de pions entre éditeurs français et étrangers autour de 1900 : brevets, marques, plagiats..." Edward Copisarow, "Board games in English intellectual property registers before WWI" Gadi Kfir, "Hunting for Board Games in Poland" Fred Horn, "Lost treasures: hidden gems of abstract/strategic board games within the pages of Games & Puzzles nos 1-77 (1972-80)" Manouk Borzakian, "Pistes pour une approche géographique des jeux de plateau" Discussion Friday 16 April, morning session Games in Theory and in Practice Michel Quenault, Tristan Cazenave, "General gaming: une classification des jeux basée sur les mécanismes possibles de l'arbitre pour une généricité des jeux plus étendue" David Parlett, "Abstraction and representation in games" Michele B. King, "From gangsta’ to gamester: an entertainment-education strategy for a school-based gang prevention program" Michel Van Langendonckt, "Vers une typologie des interactions sociales dans les jeux de pions" Dores Ferreira, Pedro Palhares, Jorge Nuno Silva, "The ability to play games and its connection with pattern recognition" Carlota Dias, Jorge Nuno Silva, Pedro Palhares, "Mathematical Games for the Blind" Discussion Friday 16 April, afternoon session Visits of the Louvre (Oriental and Egyptian Antiquities) and of the Cabinet des Médailles (BnF) ("Charlemagne" chesspieces, various unpublished small objects – dice, gamepieces, counters, tesserae – from the Froehner Collection) Friday 16 April, evening Official dinner at the "Au Moulin Vert" Restaurant, 34bis rue des Plantes, 75014 Paris Saturday 17 April, morning session Games in History Arie van der Stoep, "Footsteps of the past" (On alquerque and draughts) David H. Caldwell & Mark A. Hall, "What do we really know about the Lewis chessmen?" Phil Winkelman, "A∂ elta stelpur: an Icelandic chimera" Thierry Depaulis, "Three early 17th-century printed board games by the Veuve Petit in Paris" Phillippa Plock & Adrian Seville, "The Rothschild Collection of printed board games at Waddesdon Manor" Bruce Whitehill, "‘The Game of Life’, Milton Bradley's first game, 1860" Discussion Saturday 17 April, afternoon session Traditional Games Dr. V. Balambal, "Kallankai, a traditional stone-catching game" Alex de Voogt, "The archaeology and anthropology of Syrian mancala" Peter Michaelsen, "Haretavl - hare and hounds as a board game" Thorsten Traulsen, "Some historical issues of the Korean Yut game" Peter Shotwell, "a talk about the traditional Tibetan form of Go" Piotr Adamczyk, "Short history of board games in Poland (from around 1st cent. A.D. till 17th cent.)"

Board Games Studies: April in Paris, 2010!

Oh Goddess, how romantic! April in Paris... Hmmmm, maybe Mr. Don and I will just mosey-on over to Paris next April - if I can break away from the office during Terrible Tax Season, EEK! Part I Tax Season doesn't end until midnight April 15, 2010. Sigh. Received an email from Thierry Depaulis of Board Games Studies about their upcoming Board Games Symposium in Paris, April 14-17, 2009. Here is the info:

BOARD GAME STUDIES COLLOQUIUM XIII

PARIS

Wednesday 14th to Saturday 17th April, 2010

The 13th Board Game Studies Colloquium will be held in Paris, from Wednesday 14th to Saturday 17th April, 2010. The Colloquium will be hosted at the FIAP Jean-Monnet Centre, a large convention and hostel centre situated in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. The Colloquium will offer a large scope of papers (typically eight to ten per day), dealing with the archaeology, mathematics, history of art, computer science, anthropology, cognitive psychology, history, linguistics, design, economy of board games and their accessories (dice, gameboards, counters, etc.). We will also visit a few public collections.

CALL FOR PAPERS

We invite submissions from scholars, researchers, students and collectors on these topics. We seek papers that offer real research. Talks should not be longer than 25 minutes. They can be in French or in English. Papers read in French will be translated orally (though not simultaneously). Subjects must be sent before November 30th, 2009 to: Organising Committee c/o Thierry Depaulis 24 rue Francœur - 75018 Paris (France) email: thierry (dot) depaulis (at) free (dot) fr Abstracts (500-600 words) must be sent before January 31st, 2010, because they all must be translated into the other language. The Colloquium fee is not yet set but will be around EUR130/150 for the whole programme, including a few meals. Two-Day (and perhaps One-Day) pass will also be available. Further details and hotel booking will be posted later.