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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as board-games)
avg rating 4.12 — 63,225 ratings — published 2013
It's All a Game: The History of Board Games from Monopoly to Settlers of Catan (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as board-games)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,076 ratings — published 2017
The Kobold Guide to Board Game Design (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as board-games)
avg rating 4.06 — 645 ratings — published 2011
The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World's Favorite Board Game (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as board-games)
avg rating 3.71 — 1,605 ratings — published 2015
Zones of Control: Perspectives on Wargaming (Game Histories)
by (shelved 5 times as board-games)
avg rating 3.81 — 54 ratings — published
Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play Element in Culture (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as board-games)
avg rating 3.98 — 3,087 ratings — published 1938
A Gamut of Games (Dover Brain Games & Puzzles)
by (shelved 5 times as board-games)
avg rating 4.28 — 130 ratings — published 1969
Around the World in Eighty Games: From Tarot to Tic-Tac-Toe, Catan to Chutes and Ladders, a Mathematician Unlocks the Secrets of the World's Greatest Games (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as board-games)
avg rating 3.59 — 1,059 ratings — published 2023
Board Games in 100 Moves (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as board-games)
avg rating 3.79 — 126 ratings — published
Building Blocks of Tabletop Game Design: An Encyclopedia of Mechanisms (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as board-games)
avg rating 4.49 — 126 ratings — published 2019
The White Box Essays (ebook)
by (shelved 4 times as board-games)
avg rating 3.82 — 66 ratings — published
Learn to Play Go: A Master's Guide to the Ultimate Game (Learn to Play Go, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as board-games)
avg rating 4.26 — 478 ratings — published 1994
Eurogames: The Design, Culture and Play of Modern European Board Games (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as board-games)
avg rating 3.78 — 138 ratings — published 2012
The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as board-games)
avg rating 4.39 — 3,453 ratings — published 2008
Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals (Mit Press)
by (shelved 4 times as board-games)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,024 ratings — published 2003
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as board-games)
avg rating 4.02 — 7,393 ratings — published 1966
Backgammon (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as board-games)
avg rating 4.45 — 145 ratings — published 1976
Oxford History of Board Games (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as board-games)
avg rating 4.02 — 57 ratings — published 1999
Playing at the World: A History of Simulating Wars, People, and Fantastic Adventure from Chess to Role-Playing Games (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as board-games)
avg rating 4.12 — 582 ratings — published 2012
Ancient Board Games (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as board-games)
avg rating 3.82 — 11 ratings — published
The Way of the Moving Horse (Learn to Play Go, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as board-games)
avg rating 4.21 — 332 ratings — published 1995
Boardgames That Tell Stories (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as board-games)
avg rating 3.80 — 202 ratings — published 2014
Storytelling in the Modern Board Game: Narrative Trends from the Late 1960s to Today (Studies in Gaming)
by (shelved 3 times as board-games)
avg rating 4.13 — 23 ratings — published
The Board Game Designer's Guide: The Easy 4 Step Process to Create Amazing Games That People Can't Stop Playing (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as board-games)
avg rating 3.71 — 82 ratings — published
My System: A Treatise on Chess (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as board-games)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,249 ratings — published 1925
A History of Board-Games Other Than Chess (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as board-games)
avg rating 4.00 — 12 ratings — published 1951
Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as board-games)
avg rating 3.91 — 55 ratings — published 1979
Dice Games Properly Explained (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as board-games)
avg rating 3.89 — 134 ratings — published 2000
A Theory Of Fun For Game Design (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as board-games)
avg rating 3.90 — 3,504 ratings — published 2004
Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as board-games)
avg rating 3.83 — 5,672 ratings — published 2002
The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as board-games)
avg rating 4.28 — 82,805 ratings — published 1988
Darkly (The Darkly Series)
by (shelved 2 times as board-games)
avg rating 3.66 — 7,985 ratings — published 2024
The Game Changers: How Playing Games Changed the World and Can Change You Too (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as board-games)
avg rating 3.83 — 473 ratings — published 2024
Zathura (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as board-games)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,446 ratings — published 2002
What Board Games Mean To Me (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as board-games)
avg rating 3.89 — 46 ratings — published
Everybody Wins: Four Decades of the Greatest Board Games Ever Made (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as board-games)
avg rating 4.14 — 221 ratings — published
Board to Death (Board Game Shop, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as board-games)
avg rating 3.05 — 2,088 ratings — published 2023
Your Move: What Board Games Teach Us about Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as board-games)
avg rating 3.57 — 330 ratings — published 2019
Gametek: The Math and Science of Gaming (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as board-games)
avg rating 3.95 — 228 ratings — published
How to Reassess Your Chess: The Complete Chess Mastery Course (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as board-games)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,313 ratings — published
The Backgammon Book (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as board-games)
avg rating 3.74 — 54 ratings — published 1970
The Glass Bead Game (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as board-games)
avg rating 4.10 — 43,363 ratings — published 1943
Replay: The History of Video Games (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as board-games)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,525 ratings — published 2010
Ancient Board Games in Perspective (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as board-games)
avg rating 4.57 — 7 ratings — published 2007
The World of Games: Their Origins and History, How to Play Them, and How to Make Them (English and Dutch Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as board-games)
avg rating 4.00 — 9 ratings — published 1989
The Lewis Chessmen (Objects in Focus)
by (shelved 2 times as board-games)
avg rating 3.95 — 128 ratings — published 2004
Chess In Iceland And In Icelandic Literature: With Historical Notes On Other Table-Games (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as board-games)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2007
Magia Gry: Sztuka Rywalizacji = the Magic of the Game: The Art of the Contest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as board-games)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2012
“Bear in mind three essential qualities in all games of intellect:– Never to show selfishness or to wound the feelings of your adversary. To be modest with a good game. To lose without ill-temper, and to win without bragging.”
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“The 32 Society by Stewart Stafford
Fight to the last piece, they said,
Icons of state bring up the rear,
Grunt pawn's first blood duty,
Let the board's body count commence.
Equine knight in dog-legged battle,
Warrior bishop's angular support,
Scorpion's claw pincer movement,
Then, the trap slams mercilessly shut.
The field wiped clean of combatants,
The aristocracy's barren playground,
Royals tour their chequered court,
Pieces reassembled as war restarts.
© Stewart Stafford, 2024. All rights reserved.”
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Fight to the last piece, they said,
Icons of state bring up the rear,
Grunt pawn's first blood duty,
Let the board's body count commence.
Equine knight in dog-legged battle,
Warrior bishop's angular support,
Scorpion's claw pincer movement,
Then, the trap slams mercilessly shut.
The field wiped clean of combatants,
The aristocracy's barren playground,
Royals tour their chequered court,
Pieces reassembled as war restarts.
© Stewart Stafford, 2024. All rights reserved.”
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