diff --git a/doc/pygambit.api.rst b/doc/pygambit.api.rst
index da49ec907..fd64dbd2f 100644
--- a/doc/pygambit.api.rst
+++ b/doc/pygambit.api.rst
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Creating, reading, and writing games
    read_efg
    read_nfg
    read_agg
+   read_bagg
 
    Game.new_tree
    Game.new_table
diff --git a/src/pygambit/gambit.pxd b/src/pygambit/gambit.pxd
index e2a9b9203..5e7b272c0 100644
--- a/src/pygambit/gambit.pxd
+++ b/src/pygambit/gambit.pxd
@@ -466,6 +466,7 @@ cdef extern from "util.h":
     c_Game ParseEfgGame(string, bint) except +IOError
     c_Game ParseNfgGame(string, bint) except +IOError
     c_Game ParseAggGame(string, bint) except +IOError
+    c_Game ParseBaggGame(string, bint) except +IOError
     string WriteEfgFile(c_Game)
     string WriteNfgFile(c_Game)
     string WriteNfgFileSupport(c_StrategySupportProfile) except +IOError
diff --git a/src/pygambit/game.pxi b/src/pygambit/game.pxi
index 811d70489..928371786 100644
--- a/src/pygambit/game.pxi
+++ b/src/pygambit/game.pxi
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def read_gbt(filepath_or_buffer: str | pathlib.Path | io.IOBase,
 
     See Also
     --------
-    read_efg, read_nfg, read_agg
+    read_efg, read_nfg, read_agg, read_bagg
     """
     return read_game(filepath_or_buffer, normalize_labels, parser=ParseGbtGame)
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def read_efg(filepath_or_buffer: str | pathlib.Path | io.IOBase,
 
     See Also
     --------
-    read_gbt, read_nfg, read_agg
+    read_gbt, read_nfg, read_agg, read_bagg
     """
     return read_game(filepath_or_buffer, normalize_labels, parser=ParseEfgGame)
 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ def read_nfg(filepath_or_buffer: str | pathlib.Path | io.IOBase,
 
     See Also
     --------
-    read_gbt, read_efg, read_agg
+    read_gbt, read_efg, read_agg, read_bagg
     """
     return read_game(filepath_or_buffer, normalize_labels, parser=ParseNfgGame)
 
@@ -173,11 +173,42 @@ def read_agg(filepath_or_buffer: str | pathlib.Path | io.IOBase,
 
     See Also
     --------
-    read_gbt, read_efg, read_nfg
+    read_gbt, read_efg, read_nfg, read_bagg
     """
     return read_game(filepath_or_buffer, normalize_labels, parser=ParseAggGame)
 
 
+def read_bagg(filepath_or_buffer: str | pathlib.Path | io.IOBase,
+              normalize_labels: bool = False) -> Game:
+    """Construct a game from its serialised representation in a BAGG file.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    filepath_or_buffer : str, pathlib.Path or io.IOBase
+        The path to the file containing the game representation or file-like object
+    normalize_labels : bool (default False)
+        Ensure all labels are nonempty and unique within their scopes.
+        This will be enforced in a future version of Gambit.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    Game
+        A game constructed from the representation in the file.
+
+    Raises
+    ------
+    IOError
+        If the file cannot be opened or read
+    ValueError
+        If the contents of the file are not a valid game representation.
+
+    See Also
+    --------
+    read_gbt, read_efg, read_nfg, read_agg
+    """
+    return read_game(filepath_or_buffer, normalize_labels, parser=ParseBaggGame)
+
+
 @cython.cclass
 class GameNodes:
     """Represents the set of nodes in a game."""
diff --git a/src/pygambit/util.h b/src/pygambit/util.h
index bfd09baf3..89d5d9dc8 100644
--- a/src/pygambit/util.h
+++ b/src/pygambit/util.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include "gambit.h"
 #include "games/gameagg.h"
+#include "games/gamebagg.h"
 #include "games/nash.h"
 
 using namespace std;
@@ -61,6 +62,12 @@ Game ParseAggGame(std::string const &s, bool p_normalizeLabels)
   return ReadAggFile(f);
 }
 
+Game ParseBaggGame(std::string const &s, bool p_normalizeLabels)
+{
+  std::istringstream f(s);
+  return ReadBaggFile(f);
+}
+
 std::string WriteEfgFile(const Game &p_game)
 {
   std::ostringstream f;
diff --git a/tests/test_io.py b/tests/test_io.py
index e654b98d8..575abe5a3 100644
--- a/tests/test_io.py
+++ b/tests/test_io.py
@@ -49,6 +49,20 @@ def test_read_agg_invalid():
         gbt.read_agg(game_path)
 
 
+def test_read_bagg():
+    game_path = os.path.join("contrib", "games", "Bayesian-Coffee-3-2-2-3.bagg")
+    game = gbt.read_bagg(game_path)
+    assert isinstance(game, gbt.Game)
+
+
+def test_read_bagg_invalid():
+    game_path = os.path.join(
+        "tests", "test_games", "2x2x2_nfg_from_local_max_cut_2_pure_1_mixed_eq.nfg"
+    )
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        gbt.read_bagg(game_path)
+
+
 def test_read_gbt_invalid():
     game_path = os.path.join(
         "tests", "test_games", "2x2x2_nfg_from_local_max_cut_2_pure_1_mixed_eq.nfg"