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Book cover with medieval illumination for TIme Traveller's Guide to Medieval England
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The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England by Ian Mortimer

February 28, 2013July 6, 2019 Brant Polkowski 1671 Views 0 Comments board games, books about gaming, game design, LARPing, re-enactors, role-playing games, SCA

I’d like to think that I’ve gotten a lot out of my world travels, but in my visit to Japan,

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Four shadowy monsters on cover of The Monster Alphabet including Scottish Cu Sith, Tanuki, Varana, and Ibong Adarna
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The Monster Alphabet by Darren J. Gendron and O. Abnormal

November 5, 2012July 6, 2019 Brant Polkowski 2048 Views 0 Comments child-friendly gaming, mythology

For much the same reasons as Krisztianna’s Creatures of Legend coloring book, I recommend Darren J. Gendron’s The Monster Alphabet

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Artwork from Go to the Head of the Class featuring Sis and Cowboy Joe on cover of Celebrating Board Games
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Celebrating Board Games by Nina Chertoff and Susan Kahn

October 27, 2012July 5, 2019 Brant Polkowski 1578 Views 1 Comment board games, books about gaming

Now out of print, Celebrating Board Games was originally part of a collection by Sterling Publishing that included Celebrating PEZ,

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ORange and blue cover for Dungeons and Dreamers
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Dungeons and Dreamers: The Rise of Computer Game Culture From Geek to Chic

July 24, 2012July 6, 2019 Brant Polkowski 1211 Views 0 Comments books about gaming, d&d, dave arneson, dungeons and dragons, gary gygax, society for creative anachronism, steve jackson games, video games

Written by Wired contributor Brad King and CNET’s John Borland, Dungeons and Dreamers: The Rise of Computer Game Culture From

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Monster coloring book cover featuring kawaii cute creatures for kids to draw featuring the cat-headed bird itsumade
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Creatures of Legend: Coloring with Arty by Krisztianna

July 19, 2012June 22, 2023 Brant Polkowski 3559 Views 2 Comments child-friendly gaming, coloring book, comic con, krisztianna, monsters, sdcc 2012

One great find I made at this year’s Comic Con was Creatures of Legend: Coloring with Arty by Krisztianna. Its

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Book cover to Philip Orbanes Monopoly book with Monopoly-patterned background
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Monopoly: The World’s Most Famous Game & How It Got That Way by Philip E. Orbanes

June 26, 2012July 6, 2019 Brant Polkowski 1476 Views 0 Comments board games, books about gaming, monopoly

Monopoly: The World’s Most Famous Game & How it Got That Way is aptly named. Author and Monopolyphile Philip E.

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