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Playing at the World: A History of Simulating Wars, People, and Fantastic Adventure from Chess to Role-Playing Games

Playing at the World: A History of Simulating Wars, People, and Fantastic Adventure from Chess to Role-Playing Games > Lists

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Of Dice and Men by David M. EwaltPlaying at the World by Jon PetersonEducational Game Design Fundamentals by George KalmpourtzisDesigners & Dragons by Shannon AppelclineDesigners & Dragons by Shannon Appelcline
Best Books on RPGs
2nd out of 76 books — 37 voters
The STREAM TONE by T. GillingThe Horologicon by Mark ForsythThe Signal and the Noise by Nate SilverJust My Type by Simon GarfieldThe Art of Video Games by Chris Melissinos
2012's Best Nonfiction for Geeks
14th out of 23 books — 8 voters

The Art of War by Sun TzuThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasVicious by V.E. Schwab
Slytherinity - Required Reading for a Slytherin
195th out of 201 books — 61 voters
Surviving the Game Industry by Matthew WastelandCómo hacer juegos de aventura by Manuel AlfonsecaHow to Talk about Videogames (Electronic Mediations Book 47) by Ian BogostPlaying at the World by Jon PetersonA Psychogeography of Games by Hannah Nicklin
Giga Video Game Storybundle
4th out of 9 books — 2 voters

SPQR by Mary BeardSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariSalt by Mark KurlanskyHeart by Sandeep JauharThe Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert
History: A History
65th out of 136 books — 15 voters
Under the Black Flag by David CordinglyOf Dice and Men by David M. EwaltOn Writing by Stephen  KingGrimtooth's Traps by Paul O'ConnorSave the Cat by Blake Snyder
Dungeons and Dragons - Dungeon Master's Guide, 5th edition: Appendix D: Dungeon Master Inspiration
30th out of 40 books — 8 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31831st out of 31,959 books — 121,323 voters


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