Board Games


Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #1)
It's All a Game: The History of Board Games from Monopoly to Settlers of Catan
The Kobold Guide to Board Game Design
The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World's Favorite Board Game
Zones of Control: Perspectives on Wargaming (Game Histories)
Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play Element in Culture
A Gamut of Games (Dover Brain Games & Puzzles)
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
Board Games in 100 Moves
Building Blocks of Tabletop Game Design: An Encyclopedia of Mechanisms
The White Box Essays
Learn to Play Go: A Master's Guide to the Ultimate Game (Learn to Play Go, #1)
Eurogames: The Design, Culture and Play of Modern European Board Games
The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses
Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals (Mit Press)
Board to Death by C.J.  ConnorWriting IT - Novel, Plot, Characters by Ed Adams101 Board Games to Try Before You Die (Of Boredom) by Jarrod CarmichaelA Game of Birds and Wolves by Simon  ParkinThe Monopolists by Mary Pilon
Celebrating Modern Board Games
12 books — 2 voters
A Match Made on Madison by Dee DavisBoard to Death by C.J.  ConnorCheck & Mate by Ali HazelwoodIt's All a Game by Tristan DonovanThe First Move by Jenny Ireland
Game Boards on the Cover
19 books — 1 voter

Queen of the Tiles by Hanna AlkafWord Nerd by Susin NielsenThe Last Letters of Sally and Walter by Cammie McGovernYou Go First by Erin Entrada KellyA Seven-Letter Word by Kim Slater
Scrabble Fiction
10 books — 4 voters
Check & Mate by Ali HazelwoodQueen of the Tiles by Hanna AlkafThe First Move by Jenny IrelandGame On by Laura  SilvermanPerpetual Check by Rich Wallace
YA Board & Card Games
15 books — 3 voters

Check & Mate by Ali HazelwoodThe First Move by Jenny IrelandNot an Easy Win by Chrystal D. GilesFocused by Alyson GerberImmortal Game by Allison Saft
YA & Middle Grade Chess Fiction
13 books — 5 voters
The Great Beanie Baby Bubble by Zac BissonnetteDid I Do That? by Amber HumphreyWord Freak by Stefan FatsisThe Way Toys Work by Ed SobeyBarbie and Ruth by Robin Gerber
It Must Be Toys, Toys, Toys
140 books — 9 voters

Chess does not only teach us to analyse the present situation, but it also enables us to think about the possibilities and consequences. This is the art of forward-thinking.
Shivanshu K. Srivastava

Eric Thurm
The special thing about games, and tabletop games in particular, is the way they actively train you to think from within their rules. Other forms of art do this too, but in a more roundabout way that requires a certain sensitivity and willingness to taken in by the television show you're watching or the book you're reading. With games, it's a prerequisite. If you don't think the way the game wants you to think, at least a little bit, you're not really playing the game at all. ...more
Eric Thurm, Avidly Reads Board Games

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