Books of Board games

  • Building Blocks of Tabletop Game Design: An Encyclopedia of Mechanisms
    By Geoffrey Engelstein, Isaac Shalev

    Engelstein and Shalev hone in on the science of game design with a razor-sharp scalpel. This book will be within arm's reach as I work on games and I expect it to be consulted often.

  • The Amazing Family Game Board Book
    By Eric Berlin

    From chess and checkers to bingo and dominoes, this kit includes everything needed to play more than 35 classic games, including authentic game pieces.

  • Dungeons and Dragons Fantasy Roleplaying Game
    By Wizards RPG Team

    The best way to start playing the 4th Edition Dungeons Dragons Fantasy Roleplaying Game. Designed for one-to-five players, this boxed game contains everything needed to start playing.

  • Ancient Board Games
    By Irving Finkel

    Here are four board games -- the Royal Game of Ur; Mehen, the Game of the Snake; Hounds and Jackals; and the Egyptian Game of Senet -- which were popular in the days of the pharaohs in ancient Egypt and in nearby countries from about 5,000 ...

  • Ancient Egyptians at Play: Board Games Across Borders
    By Walter Crist, Anne-Elizabeth Dunn-Vaturi, Alexander J. de Voogt

    Ancient Egyptians at play : an introduction -- Mehen and men : the first signs of Egyptian board games -- Senet across borders -- The game of twenty : a foreign acquisition -- The game of hounds and jackals : from Thebes to Susa -- Roman ...

  • Ancient Board Games
    By Irving L. Finkel

    This pack contains four board games from Ancient Egypt and Persia, illustrated for a modern audience. The history of the games, rules and equipment are included for The Royal Game of Ur, Senet, The Snake Game and Hounds and Jackals.

  • The Boardgame Book
    By Robert Charles Bell

    The game boards are either photos from his collection or, for 25 of them designed by contemporary illustrators for this book. A paper sheet with game pieces that can be cut out comes with the book.

  • The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary
    By G C Merriam

    The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary

  • Chess For Busy Bees and Hobbyist: Beat The Masters!!.
    By John Son

    Chess For Busy Bees and Hobbyist: Beat The Masters!!.

  • The 15 Puzzle Book: How It Drove the World Crazy
    By Jerry Slocum, Dic Sonneveld

    The true story of the puzzle is told here for the first time: - The real inventor and his patent application records were found. - The story of how the puzzle came to be manufactured.

  • A Collector's Guide to Games and Puzzles
    By Caroline Goodfellow

    A Collector's Guide to Games and Puzzles

  • My Year with Harry Potter: How I Discovered My Own Magical World
    By Ben Buchanan

    ... Journey to Gameland . It tells you how you can create a game from your favorite book . ) I decided to buy owls and I knew exactly where to get them . I had been to a place called The Rock Barrell many times with my father . The Rock ...

  • Codex: Tyranids

    Their shadow is the funeral shroud of civilisations. Their hunger is the death of worlds. They know not hate, fear or compassion, only the desire to hunt and to devour. They are the swarm. They are the tendril and the talon.

  • Games: Discover and Play 5 Famous Ancient Games
    By Irving L Finkel

    Discover the ancient origins of five board games from Rome, Egypt, Mesopotamia and India. Includes fold-out game boards, complete rules for each game, press-out counters and scoring spinners. Suggested level: junior, primary, intermediate.

  • Footprints in the Fog
    By A. E. Parker, Dona Smith

    Mrs. Peacock, Professor Plum, and Mr. Green pursue a ghostly treasure, deal with a loan arranger, and endure prank phone calls, but always end up at each other's throats.

  • The Complete Book of Indoor Games

    The Complete Book of Indoor Games

  • The Wizard of Oz Game Book
    By L. Frank, Tormont Publications

    The Wizard of Oz Game Book

  • Take Off with Number
    By Jan Poustie

    Take Off with Number

  • The Trivial Pursuit Quiz Book
    By Robert Allen, Brian Highley

    Brings all the thrills and excitement of the original board game to this new format.

  • The Amazing Game Board Book: More Than 50 Games and Activities
    By 편집부, Shereen Gertel Rutman

    More than 50 games and activities, including mazes, tangrams, superstar hangman, reusable fortune-teller, cosmic science games, optical illusions, brain teasers, write-on/wipe-off drawing board, and much more!