General & Miscellaneous Games, Board Games - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
Shows game players how to improve, vary and add excitement to all the games they play. Features dozens of new games to play on common game boards, such as those for Monopoly, Scrabble, Parcheesi, Clue, Trivial Pursuit and more. Also covers variations on traditional games like chess, checkers and dominoes as well as cards, dice games, charades and outdoor games. There are games for couples, families, party games and games by mail. Also provides a wealth of tips on changing games to suit players' tastes, improve game flaws, alter playing time, number of players and other game variations.From the American master of gamesmanship--a treasury of new games for old game boards and new rules for classic and little-known indoor and outdoor games. Former editor of Games magazine and author of The Original Trivia Treasury offers variations for Monopoly, Scrabble, Parchesi, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, chess, checkers, dominoes, cards, dice, and more. 125 illustrations.
Editorials
Library Journal
Purists will cringe at the author's contention that game rules need not always be followed. Others may hail his (and others') ingenuity, however, because he offers hundreds of new ways to make old games more challenging, fairer, and sometimes, well, just different. Players who have grown tired of playing the same games over and over may find new appeal when they vary Scrabble by allowing words to run off one side of the board and finish on the opposite side. Others may like to race their kings across a chessboard. Many versions of checkers and card, dice, and word games are also suggested for modification, as well as popular board games such as Monopoly and Trivial Pursuit. Highly recommended for public libraries.-- Will Hepfer, SUNY at Buffalo Libs.Book Details
Published
June 23, 1992
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Pages
256
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780471536215