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Hobbies
Hobbies are activities including crafting, sporting, or gardening that are carried on not as a regular occupation, but primarily for pleasure—as a pastime. The sensibility of having or developing a hobby is relatively new. It emerged during the 17th century, and ...
- Billiards
- Backgammon
- Ace-Deuce-Jack
- Blind Man's Bluff
- Africa, Traditional Play in
- Athletics (Amateur)
- Academic Learning and Play
- Afghanistan
- Adlerian Play Therapy
- Amusement Parks
- Action Figures
- Airfix
- Age of Empires
- Bowling
- Battleships
- All Fives
- Car and Travel Games
- Ancient China
- Ballooning
- Models
- Albania
- “Bad” Play
- Anti-Competition Play
- Blinky Bill
- Amiga
- Battlefield 1942
- Charades
- Bingo
- Auction Pitch
- Clapping Games
- Ancient Egypt
- Baseball (Amateur)
- Montessori
- Algeria
- Boys' Play
- Arcades
- Dolls, Barbie and Others
- Avalon Hill
- Civilization (I, II, III, IV)
- Crosswords
- Boggle
- Baccarat
- Erector Sets
- Ancient Greece
- Basketball (Amateur)
- Mother-Child Play
- Arctic Play (First Nations)
- Common Adventure Concept
- Caillois: Man, Play and Games
- G.I. Joe
- Bandai
- Cossacks (Napoleonic Wars)
- Darts
- Checkers and Variations of
- Beggar My Neighbor
- Finger Games
- Ancient India
- Bicycles
- Play and Evolution
- Argentina
- Daydreaming
- Cityscapes as Play Sites
- Gollywogs
- Coleco
- Counter-Strike
- Dice
- Chess and Variations of
- Bezique
- Frisbee
- Ancient Rome
- Bocee
- Play and Literacy
- Armenia
- Experiential Learning Definitions and Models
- Cooperative Play
- Hobby Horses
- Fisher-Price
- Dragon Quest
- Dominoes and Variations of
- Chinese Checkers
- Blackjack
- Hares and Hounds
- Assyrian/Babylonian Culture
- Boules
- Play in the Classroom
- Australia
- Fantasy Play
- Costumes in Play
- Jigsaws
- Galoob
- Dragon Warrior
- Hobbies
- Diplomacy
- Boston
- Hide and Seek
- Australian Aborigine
- Bungee Jumping
- Recess
- Austria
- Female Aggressive Relationships Within Play (Putallaz)
- Game Theory
- Lead Soldiers
- Hasbro
- Dungeon Lords
- I Spy
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Brag
- Hit the Rat
- Central Asia, Ancient
- Cracking the Whip
- Teacher-Child Co-Play
- Azerbaijan
- Gambling
- Organized or Sanctioned Play
- LEGOs
- Hornby
- Flight Simulation
- Mazes
- Go
- Bridge and Variations of
- Jacks
- Europe, 1200 to 1600
- Cricket (Amateur)
- Toys and Child Development
- Bahamas and Caribbean
- Gamesmanship
- Play and Power, Sociology of
- Meccano
- Imperial Toy
- GoldenEye 007
- Musical Chairs
- Hand and Foot
- Casino
- Jump Rope
- Europe, 1600 to 1800
- Croquet
- Belarus
- Games of Deception
- Play as Competition, Sociology of
- Paddington Bear
- JAKKS Pacific Toys
- Grand Theft Auto
- Odd Man Out
- Life
- Cribbage
- Kick the Can
- Europe, 1800 to 1900
- Curling (Scottish)
- Belgium
- Girls' Play
- Play as Entertainment, Sociology of
- Pet Rocks
- Kenner
- Legend of Zelda
- Parlor Games
- Mahjong
- Donkey
- Leapfrog
- Europe, 1900 to 1940
- Dodgeball
- Bolivia
- Homo Ludens (Huizinga)
- Play as Learning, Sociology of
- Rocking Horses
- LEGOs
- Maple Story
- Password
- Monopoly and Variations of
- Ecarté
- London Bridge
- Europe, 1940 to 1960
- Fishing
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Human Relationships in Play
- Play as Mock War, Sociology of
- Rubik's Cube
- Lionel
- Mario
- Puzzles
- Ouija Board
- Euchre
- Marbles
- Europe, 1960 to Present
- Folk Dancing
- Brazil
- Inter-Gender Play
- Playground as Politics
- Teddy Bears
- LJN
- Minesweeper
- Skittles
- Peg Boards
- Faro
- Marco Polo
- History of Playing Cards
- Football (Amateur)
- Bulgaria
- Luck and Skill in Play
- Social Distinctions
- Wendy Houses
- Matchbox
- Mortal Kombat
- Stock Market Games
- Probe
- Fish
- Piggy in the Middle
- Mesoamerican Cultures
- Highland Games
- Cambodia
- Piaget and Play
- Sociological Benefits of Play
- Yo-Yos
- McFarlane Toys
- Runescape
- Sudoku
- Risk, the Game
- Hearts
- Pinball
- Native Americans
- Golf (Amateur)
- Canada
- Play Among Animals
- Spontaneous Group Play
- Minifigs
- Silkroad Online
- Tic-Tac-Toe
- Scrabble
- Loo
- Pin the Tail on the Donkey
- New Zealand Maori
- Hockey (Amateur)
- Central American Nations
- Play and Learning Theory
- Theology of Play
- Parker Brothers
- SimCity
- Trivial Pursuit
- Snakes and Ladders
- Memory and Play
- Playing “Doctor”
- South Americans, Traditional Cultures
- Horse Racing (Amateur)
- Chile
- Play and Power, Psychology of
- Playmates
- Snake
- Twenty Questions
- Stratego
- Mille Bornes
- Playing “House”
- Spanish America
- Kayaking and Canoeing
- China
- Play as Catharsis
- Playskool
- Solitaire
- Who Am I?
- Trivial Pursuit
- Monte Bank
- Pokémon
- United States, 1783 to 1860
- Kite Flying
- Colombia
- Play as Competition, Psychology of
- Revell
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Word Games (Other Than Crosswords)
- Warhammer
- Napoleon
- Pretending
- United States, 1860 to 1876
- Maypole Dancing
- Congo
- Play as Entertainment, Psychology of
- Strong National Museum of Play
- Street Fighter I and II
- Old Maid
- Punch & Judy
- United States, 1876 to 1900
- Morris Dancing
- Croatia
- Play as Interspecies Communication (Pets)
- Tiger Electronics
- Tetris
- Pinochle
- Rock Paper Scissors
- United States, 1900 to 1930
- Music, Playing
- Cuba
- Play as Learning, Psychology of
- TOMY
- Tomb Raider
- Piquet
- Sand Play
- United States, 1930 to 1960
- Netball
- Cyprus
- Play as Mastery of Nature
- Toybiz
- World of Warcraft
- Play or Pay
- Singing Games
- United States, 1960 to Present
- Paintball
- Czech Republic
- Play as Mock War, Psychology of
- Trendmasters
- Poker and Variations of
- Softball
- United States, Colonial Period
- Ping Pong
- Denmark
- Play as Progress (Sutton-Smith)
- TSR
- Pope Joan
- Speech Play
- Vikings
- Rodeos
- Ecuador
- Play as Rehearsal of Reality
- Waddington
- Preference
- Spinning Tops
- Roller Coasters
- Egypt
- Play Frames
- Wargames Research Group
- Racing Demon
- Table Hockey
- Rugby (Amateur)
- Estonia
- Playing Alone
- Rolling Stone
- Table Soccer
- Sailing
- Ethiopia
- Pretending
- Rummy and Variations of
- Tag
- Skateboarding
- Finland
- Psychoanalytic Theory and Play
- Sequence
- Tiddlywinks
- Skating
- France
- Psychological Benefits of Play
- Seven Up
- Tinkertoys
- Skiing
- Georgia
- Psychology of Play (Vygotsky)
- Skat
- Tree Houses
- Snail Racing
- Germany
- Rhetorics of Play (Sutton-Smith)
- Slapjack
- Water Play
- Snowboarding
- Ghana
- Role-Playing
- Solitaire and Variations of
- Soccer (Amateur) Worldwide
- Greece
- Sex Play
- Spit
- Stilts
- Hungary
- Social Psychology of Play
- Spoil Five
- Surfing
- Iceland
- Symbol Formation and Play
- War
- Swimming (Amateur)
- India
- Team Play
- Whist
- Tennis (Amateur) and Variations of
- Indonesia
- Teasing
- Ziginette
- Volleyball (Amateur)
- Iran
- Unstructured Play
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Korea, North and South
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Lithuania
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- Myanmar
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Pakistan
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Samoa
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia and Montenegro
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
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