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On board games

Here is a selection of books and other resources about board games. It came after a flurry of emails on academic listserv. Thank you to all of those who have suggested materials for this short bibliography !

Material on the Internet (aka “free stuff”)

Print or published material (aka “stuff you purchase or borrow from a library”)

AuthorTitlePlace of PublicationCountry of OriginPublisherCopyright Year
Tobin, JosephPikachu’s Global Adventure: The Rise and Fall of PokémonDurham :United StatesDuke University Press2004
Parlett, DavidParlett’s History of Board Games: By the Author of the Oxford History of Board GamesBrattleboroUnited StatesEcho Point Books and Media2018
Bell, R. C.Board and Table Games from Many CivilizationsNew York :United StatesDover Publications1980
Finkel, I. L.Ancient Board Games in Perspective: Papers from the 1990 British Museum ColloquiumLondonUnited KingdomBritish Museum Press2007
Peterson, JonPlaying at the World: A History of Simulating Wars, People and Fantastic Adventures, from Chess to Role-Playing GamesSan Diego, USAUnited StatesUnreason Press2012
Arnaudo, MarcoStorytelling in the Modern Board Game : Narrative Trends from the Late 1960s to Today : Narrative Trends from the Late 1960s to TodayJefferson, UNITED STATESUnited StatesMcFarland & Company, Inc.2018
Murray, Harold James RuthrenA History of Board-Games Other Than ChessOxfordUnited KingdomOxbow Books2002
Engelstein, GeoffreyBuilding Blocks of Tabletop Game Design : An Encyclopedia of MechanismsBoca Raton, FL :United StatesTaylor & Francis2019
Parlett, DavidOxford Guide to Card GamesNew York, USAUnited StatesOxford University Press1990
Livingstone, IanBoard Games in 100 MovesLondonUnited KingdomDK Publishing2019
Woods, StewartEurogames: The Design, Culture and Play of Modern European Board GamesJefferson, USAUnited StatesMcFarland & Company, Inc.2012
Booth, PaulGame Play: Paratextuality in Contemporary Board GamesNew York, USAUnited StatesBloomsbury Academic2015
Knizia, ReinerNew Tactical Games with Dice and CardsBlue Terrier Press2019
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Where did you read that?

Funny thing about using a smart phone for reading tons of sources – magazines, blogs, emails, pdfs, etc – is that I am having a hard time remembering “where” I read something. Actually, I remember where I was when I read it (this train station, this café…) but not the source. Invariably, my brain just remembers a tiny glowing screen, an unblinking eye from which all my knowledge now comes. There is one source, my phone, that I happen to use in real-space. That great article I read just before getting off the train, or this great post I was finishing just before entering this station… but neither the magazine name, nor the blog…

Where is here and there is my phone…

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Zombies in the Library

AC&RL News provides an account of a comic book published by librarians at McPherson College called Zombie Guide to the Library!. The library community needs a few things: more music, more coffee and definitely, more zombie guides…

You have to appreciate the obvious ploy to promote the library (also used recently by the Center for disease control and Prevention), combining comics and zombies.

Of course, I’m really in the undead mood these days, not only because we’re in the middle of a hot & muggy Montréal summer, but also because Fantasia – the best horror/sci-fi/fantastic movie festival ever – is in full swing at Concordia U until the end of the week. The best part is that the library smells of pop-corn every late afternoon as one of the venues is right under the downtown library. And, you know, pop-corn kinda looks like tiny brains….

Must resist the urge to eat brain…….. braaaain… BRAAAIN!!