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Author : Robert Charles Bell
Release : 1979
Genre : Board games
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 077/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Boardgame Book by : Robert Charles Bell
Download or read book The Boardgame Book written by Robert Charles Bell. This book was released on 1979. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Erin Dean
Release : 2019-03-03
Genre : Games & Activities
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 234/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis For the Love of Board Games by : Erin Dean
Download or read book For the Love of Board Games written by Erin Dean. This book was released on 2019-03-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book that explores how modern, popular games were created by interviewing the board designers behind the games.
Author : Tristan Donovan
Release : 2017-05-30
Genre : Games & Activities
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 730/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis It's All a Game by : Tristan Donovan
Download or read book It's All a Game written by Tristan Donovan. This book was released on 2017-05-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[A] timely book...It’s All a Game provides a wonderfully entertaining trip around the board, through 4,000 years of game history."—The Wall Street Journal Board games have been with us longer than even the written word. But what is it about this pastime that continues to captivate us well into the age of smartphones and instant gratification? In It’s All a Game, British journalist and renowned games expert Tristan Donovan opens the box on the incredible and often surprising history and psychology of board games. He traces the evolution of the game across cultures, time periods, and continents, from the paranoid Chicago toy genius behind classics like Operation and Mouse Trap, to the role of Monopoly in helping prisoners of war escape the Nazis, and even the scientific use of board games today to teach artificial intelligence how to reason and how to win. With these compelling stories and characters, Donovan ultimately reveals why board games--from chess to Monopoly to Settlers of Catan, and more--have captured hearts and minds all over the world for generations.
Author : Donna Gregory
Release : 2023-11-21
Genre : Games & Activities
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 712/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis What Board Games Mean To Me by : Donna Gregory
Download or read book What Board Games Mean To Me written by Donna Gregory. This book was released on 2023-11-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrating the role that board games hold in our lives, celebrities, industry professionals and lifelong gamers share the remarkable and personal stories of their profound love for gaming People want to feel good about their passions, their hobbies included. People want to talk about them, and to listen to others who share their enthusiasm. This book celebrates that sense of affinity while providing diverse perspectives on board games that will allow readers to reflect on what drives their passion in their own particular case. From uber-competitive players learning to lose with grace to the fascinating history of the very first games humans played, and bonding with far-away stepsiblings to the story of the first board game café in Africa, there’s something here for everyone. WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM: Jervis Johnson, KC Ogbuagu, Allen Stroud, Gav Thorpe, Edoardo Albert, Will McDermott, Gabriela Santiago, Holly Nielsen, Fertessa Allyse Scott, Ian Livingstone, Alessio Cavatore, Sen-Foong Lim, John Kovalic, Reiner Knizia, Susan McKinley Ross, Leslie Scott, Geoff Engelstein, Calvin Wong, Jenn Bartlett, Cathleen Williams, Lynn Potyen, Matt Coward-Gibbs, Steve Jackson, Christopher John Eggett, James Wallis, Matt Forbeck, Donna Gregory, Jack Doddy
Author : Damian Gareth Walker
Release : 2014-11
Genre : Crafts & Hobbies
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 804/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Book of Historic Board Games by : Damian Gareth Walker
Download or read book A Book of Historic Board Games written by Damian Gareth Walker. This book was released on 2014-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Board games have been played throughout the world for thousands of years. Many times, in many different cultures, people have amused themselves by devising mock races, battles and hunts, played in miniature on a small surface. The rules and the level of sophistication have changed through the ages, but the general idea has remained the same. Some of the oldest games, like backgammon, chess and draughts, are still popular today. This book looks at twelve different games taken from various periods of history. Most will not be recognised by the general public, but deserve to be better known. They are pachisi, halma, agon, tâb, fanorona, nine men's morris, wari, konane, xiang qi, tablut, asalto and renju. Each game has a whole chapter to itself, which includes a history, the rules, and a section on strategy and tactics. It is the author's intention that the reader will gain appreciation and enthusiasm for these wonderful old games, and be entertained by them for years to come.
