SOURCES & CITATIONS

Research and references for Bagatelle

HOW WE VERIFY

Bagatelle is well-documented through 18th and 19th-century gaming manuals, patent records, and literary references. We cross-reference historical accounts, museum collections, and patent filings to reconstruct authentic rules and table designs.

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Historical Manuals

18th and 19th-century game books describing table construction and rules

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Patent Records

Redgrave 1871 patent and related filings documenting table mechanics

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Literary Sources

Period references in Dickens, gaming guides, and salon culture accounts

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Museum Collections

Surviving tables and equipment in gaming history collections

CONTENT MARKERS

ПодтвержденоVERIFIED - Confirmed by historical gaming manuals and patent records
РеконструкцияRECONSTRUCTION - Early table designs reconstructed from period descriptions and surviving examples
ХудожественноеDRAMATIZATION - Artistic interpretation for engagement
УпрощениеSIMULATION - Digital adaptation of physical ball and pin mechanics

PRIMARY SOURCES

📚Источник #1

The Improvement in Bagatelle (US Patent 115,357)

Redgrave, Montague, United States Patent Office

Опубликовано: 1871

Использовано для: Spring plunger mechanics, table design specifications, ball size standardization

📚Источник #2

The Encyclopaedia of Games and Pastimes

Various, Thomas Nelson & Sons, London

Опубликовано: 1903

Использовано для: Standard Bagatelle rules, table dimensions, cup layout patterns, scoring systems

📚Источник #3

The Pickwick Papers

Dickens, Charles, Chapman & Hall

Опубликовано: 1836

Использовано для: Cultural context, popularity in Victorian England, social setting of play

📚Источник #4

Pinball: The History of the Silver Ball

Colmer, Michael, New English Library

Опубликовано: 1976

Использовано для: Evolution from Bagatelle to pinball, Redgrave patent significance, American adaptation

📚Источник #5

Les Jeux de Salon (Parlour Games)

Lacroix, Paul, Firmin-Didot, Paris

Опубликовано: 1886

Использовано для: French salon gaming culture, Bagatelle table descriptions, Trou Madame ancestry

CHANGELOG

2026.02 - Initial release with historical rules and patent-based mechanics
Future - Additional variant rules (Mississippi, Trou Madame) and period illustrations planned
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