Simulating Saratoga: How Saratoga-Themed Board Games Function as Experiential Historiography
By: Maurice Suckling
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bgs-2020-0005 | Journal eISSN: 2183-3311
Language: English
Page range: 83 - 108
Published on: Dec 17, 2020
Published by: Ludus Association
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