An introduction to the game of draughts. : Containing fifty select games, together with many critical situations for drawn games, won games, and fine strokes. : The whole designed for the instruction of young players, in this innocent and delightful amusement.
An 1756 London draughts primer by William Payne, printed for the author and sold by several booksellers, teaching young players through fifty annotated games. The pictures are plain printed game-record tables of columned move numbers, letters for white and black pieces, and diagram-style notation blocks, offering a designer an austere, typographic grid of numbered rows and ruled columns.
