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  <title><![CDATA[Hobby Games: The 100 Best]]></title>
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  <default-description>In Hobby Games: The 100 Best, the top designers, authors and publishers in the hobby games field write about the most enjoyable and cleverly designed games of the last 50 years. Their essays cover the spectrum of the hobby market, from role-playing games to collectible card games, miniatures games to wargames to board games, with titles both familiar and esoteric. These are the games that the designers themselves play, the ones that have inspired their most popular creations. Writers include such legendary designers as Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons &amp; Dragons; Richard Garfield, creator of Magic: The Gathering and Larry Harris, creator of Axis and Allies; best-selling authors R. A. Salvatore, Tracy Hickman, Ed Greenwood, and Douglas Niles; computer industry notables Bruce Shelley of Ensemble Studios (Age of Empires) and Jack Emmert of Cryptic Studios (City of Heroes); as well as dozens of other noteworthy and award-winning creators. Hobby Games: The 100 Best will also features a foreword by board game legend Reiner Knizia and an afterword by wargame legend James F. Dunnigan.</default-description>
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  <original-publication-month type="integer">9</original-publication-month>
  <original-publication-year type="integer">2007</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>Hobby Games: The 100 Best</original-title>
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      <name><![CDATA[James Lowder]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[James Lowder has done an excellent job coralling the hobby's who's who to pontificate many of our most treasured games. By enforcing two rules -- you can't talk about your own game, and the essays need to be about 3 pages in length -- he strikes the right balance between depth an diversity. I wouldn...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50885543">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I went into this hoping it would be comprised of descriptions of why the contributors love these games, but too often they're straight-up descriptions that are no different from box copy or reading the manual. Disappointing - but more of a problem with me than with the text. RPGs, miniatures, wargam...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16742978">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a good niche book for people who are interested in wargames and &quot;designer&quot; games. A lot of old classics are here, such as Kingmaker, Diplomacy, Squad Leader, and the Great Kahn Game(?!). Also newer games like Power Grid and Puerto Rico. Of course Dungeons and Dragons, and Magic: Th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66443812">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you've ever wondered what Gary Gygax loved to play, and why, this book will tell you.  Seriously, though, it's pretty fun to read from game designers why they love particular games, even if it seems like more of them love war games than the kinds of games I like.  ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting essays by game designers about the games that influenced them. ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[As the publisher (and a contributor) I'm totally biased but I read through the book as a proper book (as opposed to in pieces during approvals or proofing) and I can't commend editor James Lowder enough on the fine job he did with this project. I found myself reading essays on games I would never ha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5333619">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wanted to really like this book, but it just seemed to let me down at every turn. Neither strategy or nostalgic looks back moved me to much interest. It's OK if you are looking for a good list of games, but that is about it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/>Fantastic reference book for all the gamer geeks out there.  Bought and played Bohnanza based on the write-up.  Had a great time, and of course Elena won.  She built a stink bean empire.<br/><br/>Green Ronin, reprint this book with an index!]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you new (or thinking of re-entering) the world of board gaming, war gaming, or role playing, this book is a great way to get an overview of the games, both new and old, that are in their own way classics.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fantastic book!]]></body>
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