“There’s never been a book quite like this! It has fourteen especially created
board games you can play, by a galaxy of today’s best illustrators. From
Suzanna Gretz’s inimitable teddybears’ first game of droughts to Angela
Barrett’s elegant version of ludo, this book has games for every member of the
family.”
I
purchased this book at a St. Louis book fair this year; I thought it would
inspire my students. I plan to write a lesson plan based upon game development
and this book supplies wonderful examples of “how” a variety of illustrators
with multiple viewpoints might interpret such a challenge.
Board Games Included in The Book Are:
- Root The Loot by illustrator Jez Alborough (view video Creating the Ducks Books)
- Ludo Park by illustrator Angela Barrett (visit The Night Fairy)
- The Amazing J. Slingsby Grebe Gold Medal for Utter Brilliance Game by illustrators Quentin Blake and John Yeoman (video Collaborations in the 70s)
- Pigs In The Pantry by illustrator Tony Blundell (Read his biography)
- Lost In The Wood by illustrator Catherine Brighton (more children’s books)
- Heavens Above! by illustrator Peter Cross (interviewed by Alan Hewitt)
- Picnic or Teddybear’s Draught by author Susanna Gretz and illustrator Alison Sage
- Cheese by illustrator Satoshi Kitamura (read his biography)
- The Phone Game by illustrator Shoo Rayner (visit his brilliant website)
- Bumbledon by illustrator Tony Ross (Interview with Tony Ross)
- Don’t Do That by illustrators Ralph Steadman and Helen Wire
- Alice in Wondergame by illustrator John Talbot (his professional resume)
- The Game of Goose by illustrator Fulvio Testa
- What-A-Mess In The Bone Race by illustrator Joseph Wright (view his professional cartoonist portfolio)
Articles
About Board Games:
Lithograph
Examples of Board Games:
Free
Printable Board Games:
Board Game
Collectors:
- Association of Game and Puzzle Collectors
- Collectible Board Games
- Elliott Avedon Museum
- extravaGAMEza
- Games Gone By
- Games People Played
- Lyle’s Games Galore
- Why are board games boring? Write in them instead!! (notesinabook.wordpress.com)
- This Week in Location Based Marketing #79: Taking the pulse of the planet with Yasser Ansari of Project Noah (untether.tv)
- Board games that improve creativity (ccdc12.wordpress.com)
- Mac App Mahjongg Staxx Hits Top 40 Board Games (prweb.com)
- Frugal Gifts Your Kids Will Love (momfuse.com)
- How one company found a niche business porting board games to mobile – with Chris Ewington, founder of Sage Board Games (untether.tv)
- Companion piece: Line Note Board Game (nolapianoteacher.wordpress.com)
- Fantastiqa! A new Alf Seegert game gets a teaser site – keep your eyes out for the Kickstarter! (trollitc.com)
- Catan Junior brings serious board game strategy to tots (arstechnica.com)
- Free board game night Friday at Extension Education Center (kansas.com)
"Board game designers need a place to try out their prototypes. Some
invite people to their homes for "closed" sessions, but I like to have a
place that is open to the public. It encourages participation by other
gamers and budding game designers. Several years ago, I was happy to
meet Michael at his newly-opened gaming cafe in Berlin, the Spielwiese,
and it has been the perfect place for our Berlin group of game designers
to meet every since. The concept of the gaming cafe and Ludothek (you
can buy and/or rent games there as well as play them in the cafe) is
also very original and a popular attraction in Berlin's hip
Friedrichshain district, attracting an international crowd. And now,
it's become the testing grounds from dozens of published board games
from Berlin designers, as well as a destination for visiting game
designers and hobbyists from around the world." Jeffrey Allers
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