Synopses & Reviews
Written by an experienced gamesman, who is a frequent contributor to Games Magazine, it features dozens of games that can be played on simple boards or on sheets photocopied from the book. A must-have for all game enthusiasts and history buffs, it includes trivia about the unusual and often eccentric people behind history's most popular games--from the legendary board games of the pharoahs and ancient Egypt, to the social parlor games of the Victorians, to more contemporary perennials such as Monopoly and Trivial Pursuit. Also discusses the phenomenon of war and survival games as well as video games and the high-tech future of games, including CD-I--a compact-disc interactive system that will offer films with which players can interact. Features a Buyer's Guide to the best games.
Table of Contents
The First Games of All Time.
Strange Tales from the Chessboard.
The Golden Age of Board-Game Mania.
The Wacky World of Miniature Golf.
The Real Monopoly Story.
War Games: The Appeal of Bloodless Battle.
Into the Dungeon.
Interactive Games: Murder Mysterious and Make-Believe Battles.
The Video Game Wars.
Sid Sackson and His House of Games.
Scrabble, Trivial Pursuit, and Other Phenomena.
Game Designers and Their New Games.
Answers.
Buyer's Guide to Games.
Index.