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Board Game Studies Journal

Open Access

About the journal

BGSJ – Board Game Studies Journal is a single peer-reviewed journal for historical and systematic research on board games.

Its object is to provide a forum for board games research from all academic disciplines in order to further our understanding of the development and distribution of board games within an interdisciplinary academic context. ...

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Editor-in-chief

Jorge Nuno Silva
University of Lisbon, Portugal
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All volumes and issues in this journal

Open Access
|Oct 2024
Early Mancala and Tāb Boards Found in Israel (and in Some Other Countries)
Open Access
|Oct 2024
Chess and Freedom
Open Access
|Oct 2024
Cultural Transmission in Printed Games of Cupid: Tracing Lines of Descent
Open Access
|Oct 2024
Discovering Dadu: A Ludemic Enigma from South Asia
Open Access
|Oct 2024
Quantifying the Vices and Virtues of Snakes and Ladders Through Time
Open Access
|Oct 2023
Mathematical analysis of the Royal Game of Ur

Journal details

Aims and scope

BGSJ – Board Game Studies Journal is a single peer-reviewed journal for historical and systematic research on board games.

Its object is to provide a forum for board games research from all academic disciplines in order to further our understanding of the development and distribution of board games within an interdisciplinary academic context.

Rejection Rate

  • 40%

The journal does not have article processing charges (APCs) nor article submission charges.

BGSJ – Board Game Studies Journal is a peer-reviewed international academic journal for historical and systematic research on board games. Its object is to provide a forum for board games research from all academic disciplines in order to further our understanding of the nature, development, and distribution of board games within an interdisciplinary context.

BGSJ is sponsored by Interuniversity Centre for the History of Science and Technology (CIUHCT) – Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, and Faculty of Sciences and Technology, New University of Lisbon, which is funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) and partly by European Union funding, including COMPETE 2020 and Portugal 2020.

Back Issues

BGSJ’s back issues are available here.

RMM_FCT

Financed by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P./MCTES through national funds (PIDDAC) — UIDB/00286/2020; UIDP/00286/2020

https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDB/00286/2020

eISSN: 2183-3311|Language: English|Publication frequency: 1 time per year
Published by: Ludus Association
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