Parlett's Games & Gamebooks

Thanks for visiting my website, even if you only got here by accident.

I've spent most of my professional life inventing and writing about table games (card games, board games, word games) on a freelance basis, and now find myself old enough to retire but too lazy to do so. I started this website in 2004 as an ongoing record of my creative activities. It's all my own content and doesn't carry guest posts or advertising.

My work has been internationally recognized in various ways. My best-known game, Hare & Tortoise, was the first ever winner of Germany's prestigious Game of the Year award and is still widely published. In 2013 I was one of five inductees to the first UK Games Expo Hall of Fame for my books and writings, in 2016 I was awarded the Dau Barcelona for 'a life dedicated to games', and in 2018 received the Göttinger Spatz for much the same thing. In 2017 I was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in games studies by the University of Suffolk and appointed a visiting professor for six years.