Samanthas Mystery Party Game

Samanthas Mystery Party Game
Author: Alison Hart
Publisher: American Girl
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781584859864

- Fun group party game for 9 players (8 kids + 1 adult) - Girls get to dress up & solve a mystery themselves by reading a script & clues based on the characters in AG's Samantha stories. - Same genre as the "murder mystery dinner party" but for kids age 8-12. Very few retail market competitors in this age range. - Everything is included: invitations & envelopes, scripts, clues, name tags, and detailed instructions for the host. What's Included: - 9 party invitations with envelopes - 9 character cards - 9 scripts, one for each character (8 kids and one adult) - 5 Secret clues and 1 sign - Party planner for adult or older player - Name tags

The Game of the Goose

The Game of the Goose
Author: Ursula Dubosarsky
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
Total Pages: 121
Release: 2007-07-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1742283578

In her hand was a hinged wooden box with a black clasp. On the lid was a painting of a white bird with a long neck, its wings stretched out in flight. Fred rubbed it with her fingers, wiping away the dust. 'The Game of the Goose,' she read slowly. 'Open it,' said Rowley . . . Fred, Rowley and Rabbit hardly knew each other before the game. But the game changed everything. It took each of them on an adventure – a terrifying, wonderful journey that they would remember for ever.

Board Games to Create and Play

Board Games to Create and Play
Author: Kevan Davis
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2019-10-01
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1911624296

Create the next Snakes and Ladders, Monopoly, The Game of Life, Ticket to Ride, or Settlers of Catan with this creative board game book! Board games are back in vogue, with board game cafés popping up around the world. This interactive gaming book teaches you how, in just half an hour, you and your friends can come up with a new game and start playing immediately. Just decide on a theme for the game, pick a rule set from the book, agree on some variations, color in one of many board game designs, and gather your die and counters! Possible to play in any order, this book is packed with tips, tricks, and mechanics on how to design the perfect game. With 40 different rule sets, each introducing a new concept, it encourages you to develop and test your own rules. Whatever the age range or experience of players, the game that you create from this book will always be playable, entertaining, and surprising. Each board you create is easy to pull out and completely reusable to play again and again.

Interstellar Pig

Interstellar Pig
Author: William Sleator
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1995-06
Genre: Science fiction
ISBN: 9780808566151

For use in schools and libraries only. A teenager becomes interested in a strange board game called "Interstellar Pig," the obsession of his new and unusual neighbors, and he soon stumbles into a nightmare when he discovers that the game is real.

Analog Game Studies: Volume I

Analog Game Studies: Volume I
Author: Aaron Trammell
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2016-06-21
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1365015475

Analog Game Studiesis a bi-monthy journal for the research and critique of analog games. We define analog games broadly and include work on tabletop and live-action role-playing games, board games, card games, pervasive games, game-like performances, carnival games, experimental games, and more.Analog Game Studieswas founded to reserve a space for scholarship on analog games in the wider field of game studies."

A Bored Game Girl

A Bored Game Girl
Author: J.D. Walker
Publisher: JMS Books LLC
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2014-06-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1611525969

Carmen Jenson is the kind of girl who loves to read books in bed, watch movies at home, and play board games on the weekends. Her girlfriend Patty, however, claims she's not exciting enough, and dumps her. Carmen decides she’s had enough of failed relationships and decides to stay single for a while, though in her heart she wants something more. Nel Patrick is the bus driver on Carmen's daily route to work. She always teases Carmen about chasing down the bus because she’s late. Carmen thinks nothing of the friendly banter between them until a chance meeting on the bus. While talking about Carmen's desire for a meaningful relationship, Nel reacts in a way that’s totally unexpected, leaving Carmen at a loss to understand her strange behavior. A few days later, Nel shows up at Carmen’s workplace. When Nel's attraction to Carmen comes out into the open, they go out on a date. A hot night of loving leads Carmen to wonder if she’s finally found the game girl she's always wanted.

Boardgames That Tell Stories

Boardgames That Tell Stories
Author: Portal Games
Publisher:
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2015-11-25
Genre: Board gamers
ISBN: 9788360525463

A group of the finest boardgame designers answered Ignacy Trzewiczek's invitation to take part in creating the book. They shared their anecdotes, tips and memoirs, making the book an unique trip over different designing styles, a formidable guide into the world of boardgame creation. Learn about process of design such games like Robinson Crusoe, Pathfinder, Hanabi, Neuroshima Hex and many other!--

The Mummy Rescue Mission

The Mummy Rescue Mission
Author: Roy Pond
Publisher:
Total Pages: 138
Release: 1995
Genre: Archaeologists
ISBN: 9781862912465

Third story in The Mummy series set in an Ancient Egyptian computer game. 8-12 yrs.