Stories
- Article
Rediscovering a love of the game
Sexism and homophobia in football prompted Lara Goodwin to stop playing the sport at 19. Today, while discrimination in the game is still rife, Lara has found hope – and like-minded players – in an inclusive east London club.
- In pictures
The serious side of historical games
Some games carry a weighty message, from the earliest form of snakes and ladders that led to either heaven or hell, to chess pieces representing the dangerous manoeuvres of unsafe sex in the 80s.
- Article
How not to play
Here are seven ways to sidestep doing as you’re told in a game. But strangely, they seem to be as much a part of playing as the game itself.
- Article
How to play on the District line between Stepney Green and Embankment
From the crossword to the smartphone, distractions for the commuter relieve the tedium of crowded, dull journeys. Game designer Holly Gramazio delves into the world of games for trains.
Catalogue
- Books
Games for health & social care : catalogue / Focus Games.
Focus GamesDate: 2017- Books
Games for healthcare : catalogue.
Focus GamesDate: 2019- Archives and manuscripts
Games
Dixon, John, 1832-1930.Date: c. 1890-1905Reference: MSS.2185-2187Part of: Dixon, John (1832-1930)- CD-Roms
Games for life.
Date: 1996- Archives and manuscripts
Games of chance
Chaussegros, Vital, b.1769.Date: c. 1825Reference: MS.1564Part of: Chaussegros, Vital (1769- )