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Small SCA pictures of children fighting and text from eBook Soul Stealing
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Soul Stealing in the Modern Middle Ages: Photography in the SCA

April 24, 2013July 5, 2019 Brant Polkowski 1481 Views 0 Comments books about gaming, LARPing, pseudoLARP, SCA, society for creative anachronism

As a recent immigrant to the Knowne World of the Society for Creative Anachronism and a fairly new convert to

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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 1673 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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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 1579 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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Dungeons and Dreamers: The Rise of Computer Game Culture From Geek to Chic

July 24, 2012July 6, 2019 Brant Polkowski 1212 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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Monopoly: The World’s Most Famous Game & How It Got That Way by Philip E. Orbanes

June 26, 2012July 6, 2019 Brant Polkowski 1477 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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Geeky teenaged Mark Barrowcliffe on the cover of his memoir The Elfish Gene
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The Elfish Gene: Dungeons, Dragons, and Growing Up Strange

June 12, 2012July 5, 2019 Brant Polkowski 1333 Views 1 Comment books about gaming, mark barrowcliffe, the elfish gene

The Elfish Gene: Dungeons, Dragons, and Growing Up Strange by Mark Barrowcliffe is just as much about growing up in

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