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Blood, Sweat, and Pixels (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 159 times as games)
avg rating 4.20 — 25,455 ratings — published 2017
Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture (Paperback)
by (shelved 159 times as games)
avg rating 4.30 — 20,596 ratings — published 2003
The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses (Paperback)
by (shelved 151 times as games)
avg rating 4.39 — 3,476 ratings — published 2008
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
by (shelved 139 times as games)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,339,344 ratings — published 2011
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 130 times as games)
avg rating 4.35 — 10,229,416 ratings — published 2008
Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 124 times as games)
avg rating 3.79 — 8,408 ratings — published 2010
A Theory Of Fun For Game Design (Paperback)
by (shelved 124 times as games)
avg rating 3.90 — 3,523 ratings — published 2004
Player's Handbook (Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition)
by (shelved 118 times as games)
avg rating 4.57 — 15,149 ratings — published 2014
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 108 times as games)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,309,471 ratings — published 2009
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 107 times as games)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,853,681 ratings — published 2010
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Paperback)
by (shelved 96 times as games)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,452,461 ratings — published 2022
Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals (Mit Press)
by (shelved 94 times as games)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,028 ratings — published 2003
Dungeon Master's Guide (Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition)
by (shelved 77 times as games)
avg rating 4.49 — 8,134 ratings — published 2014
Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as games)
avg rating 4.05 — 8,420 ratings — published 2021
Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as games)
avg rating 3.97 — 12,263 ratings — published 2014
Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as games)
avg rating 3.52 — 3,729 ratings — published 2010
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as games)
avg rating 4.02 — 7,456 ratings — published 1966
The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)
by (shelved 60 times as games)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,145,528 ratings — published 2020
Replay: The History of Video Games (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as games)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,530 ratings — published 2010
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #1)
by (shelved 59 times as games)
avg rating 4.12 — 63,640 ratings — published 2013
Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play Element in Culture (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as games)
avg rating 3.98 — 3,128 ratings — published 1938
Monster Manual (Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition)
by (shelved 58 times as games)
avg rating 4.56 — 6,367 ratings — published 2014
The Ultimate History of Video Games: From Pong to Pokemon - The Story Behind the Craze That Touched Our Lives and Changed the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as games)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,087 ratings — published 2001
Caraval (Caraval, #1)
by (shelved 55 times as games)
avg rating 3.97 — 965,967 ratings — published 2016
Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Play It (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as games)
avg rating 3.73 — 5,193 ratings — published 2013
Game Design Workshop: A Playcentric Approach to Creating Innovative Games (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as games)
avg rating 4.11 — 519 ratings — published 2008
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 52 times as games)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,499,934 ratings — published 1985
Dungeon Masters Guide (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, 1st Edition)
by (shelved 52 times as games)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,331 ratings — published 1979
The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
by (shelved 51 times as games)
avg rating 4.28 — 83,548 ratings — published 1988
Hoyle's Rules of Games (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as games)
avg rating 3.96 — 421 ratings — published 1946
Playing at the World: A History of Simulating Wars, People, and Fantastic Adventure from Chess to Role-Playing Games (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as games)
avg rating 4.11 — 584 ratings — published 2012
Players Handbook (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, 1st Edition)
by (shelved 48 times as games)
avg rating 4.29 — 2,603 ratings — published 1978
Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as games)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,810 ratings — published 2020
Characteristics of Games (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as games)
avg rating 4.11 — 250 ratings — published 2012
Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as games)
avg rating 3.83 — 5,682 ratings — published 2002
Uncertainty in Games (Playful Thinking)
by (shelved 45 times as games)
avg rating 3.53 — 374 ratings — published 2013
Monster Manual (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, 1st Edition)
by (shelved 45 times as games)
avg rating 4.26 — 2,635 ratings — published 1977
Level Up!: The Guide to Great Video Game Design (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as games)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,159 ratings — published 2010
Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as games)
avg rating 3.83 — 5,538 ratings — published 2011
Game Feel (Morgan Kaufmann Game Design Books)
by (shelved 43 times as games)
avg rating 3.90 — 393 ratings — published 2008
Persuasive Games: The Expressive Power of Videogames (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as games)
avg rating 3.84 — 364 ratings — published 2007
Call of Cthulhu: Horror Roleplaying (Call of Cthulhu RPG)
by (shelved 42 times as games)
avg rating 4.46 — 8,228 ratings — published 1981
The Queen's Gambit (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as games)
avg rating 4.18 — 142,134 ratings — published 1983
Player's Handbook (Dungeons & Dragons, 3.5rd Edition)
by (shelved 40 times as games)
avg rating 4.16 — 4,716 ratings — published 2001
The Theory of Poker: A Professional Poker Player Teaches You How To Think Like One (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as games)
avg rating 4.02 — 2,857 ratings — published 1983
The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as games)
avg rating 4.07 — 609 ratings — published 1978
What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as games)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,375 ratings — published 2003
Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as games)
avg rating 4.16 — 7,512 ratings — published 2024
Designing Games: A Guide to Engineering Experiences (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as games)
avg rating 4.48 — 540 ratings — published 2013
Man, Play and Games (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as games)
avg rating 3.85 — 564 ratings — published 1958
“Anger, resentment and jealousy doesn't change the heart of others-- it only changes yours.”
― 300 Questions to Ask Your Parents Before It's Too Late
― 300 Questions to Ask Your Parents Before It's Too Late
“Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done!
There are points to be scored. There are games to be won.
And the magical things you can do with that ball
will make you the winning-est winner of all.
Fame! You'll be as famous as famous can be,
with the whole wide world watching you win on TV.
Except when they don't
Because, sometimes they won't.
I'm afraid that some times
you'll play lonely games too.
Games you can't win
'cause you'll play against you.”
― Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
There are points to be scored. There are games to be won.
And the magical things you can do with that ball
will make you the winning-est winner of all.
Fame! You'll be as famous as famous can be,
with the whole wide world watching you win on TV.
Except when they don't
Because, sometimes they won't.
I'm afraid that some times
you'll play lonely games too.
Games you can't win
'cause you'll play against you.”
― Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
