Board Games: With Price Guide (A Schiffer Book for Collectors) [Paperback]

Desi Scarpone (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1995 | Series: A Schiffer Book for Collectors

Board games have been apart of America for more than 150 years. 1475 color photographs of individual board games are presented here from the 1940s through the 1980s along with interesting text, memorabilia and period advertising for them. They reflect the political, social, and recreational mores of the society and are an entertaining and enlightening record of the country's growth as a nation. The man who invented the game COOTIE is featured along with his many other game inventions. These colorful gameboards, packaging and game pieces have become fascinating to collectors today. The prices accompanying each photo reflect the current market. Board Games is a visual delight which toy dealers, collectors and past players all will enjoy and cherish.

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About the Author

Desi Scarpone is the production supervisor for the television series "Murder She Wrote" and a board game collector who fondly remembers hours spent challenged by these games in his youth. His home is in Los Angeles.

Product Details

• Paperback: 157 pages
• Publisher: Schiffer Pub Ltd (April 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0887407250
• ISBN-13: 978-0887407253
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,688,026 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best board gaming book to date!, June 22, 2000

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quality4u (Winter Park, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Board Games: With Price Guide (A Schiffer Book for Collectors) (Paperback)

This is an extraordinary pictorial review of tons of board games. It is obvious to me that Desi must have spent many years of heavy research before putting this book together! All the full-color illustrations are wonderful. I find this book very helpful when trying to track down a specific game. The book includes the game titles, company, dates and even a rough value of the board game! An outstanding, informative book that is very well written. I can't wait to purchase his next book!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Board Game Heaven!, July 11, 2002

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W. Davidson (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Board Games: With Price Guide (A Schiffer Book for Collectors) (Paperback)

I love board games and over the years have amassed a meagre, yet wonderful collection of them from second hand stores, thrifts and the like (in addition to what I had from my own childhood of course). Thus I was very excited to find this book, it is a great resource for a game collector. It is quite light on text (and the only reason I can't give it a 5 star rating), but the strength of such a publication lies in the pictures, which are marvellous.

I doubt I will ever own many of the items here, but it doesn't matter, if you are interested in the universe of board games you will love it, if for no other reason than to enjoy looking at the vast array of games that exist.