Games Magazine Big Book of Games II: 10 Great Years! [Paperback]

Ronnie Shushan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 10, 1988

By the Editors of Games Magazine. Celebrate the first 10 years of Games magazine with the Games Mgazine Big Book of Games II. Chosen by those specialists in ingenious and mind-bending puzzles--the magazine's editors--this overstuffed compendium marks a decade of Games's masterful ability to delight, tease, and perplex. It's an irresistible collection, from 17 Teasers to Get Your Mind in Gear to the Puzzle Decathlon. Here is the best of Games's creations packed into a large-format book illustrated with photographs, cartoons, and artwork, including 16 pages in full color. (All answers included to confirm what you already knew, prevent sleepless nights, or reassure the faint of heart.) We dare you to try just one.

Selection of the Literary Guild. 215,000 copies in print.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Once again the editors of Games magazine have scoured back issues for their best puzzles, games and amusements. That's a big task since even an average issue of the magazine is brilliant. You'll find ample ways to playfully test your skills with words, numbers, pattern recognition, logic and much more. The challenges range from simple to devilish so sharpen your pencil, have an eraser handy and plan on many hours of mind-tickling play. Plan on several laughs along the way as well since Games' excellent sense of humor is well represented here.

From the Back Cover

WE DARE YOU TO TRY JUST ONE!

Celebrating more than a decade as America's specialists in ingenious and challenging puzzles, the editors of Games magazine round up the recent best of the best. This big book contains more than 125 cartoonerisms, analograms, riddle mazes, number crunches, trivia tests, offbeat crosswords, eyeball teasers, limbericks, and the beguilingest brain twisters ever to invite-and defy-logic. Plus the Puzzle Decathlon, a mind-bending event offered as a 10th anniversary gift to all intrepid fans.

With 16 pages in full color.

Also Available: The original Big Book of Games, the first compendium of all-time favorites, with over 100,000 copies in print.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Workman Publishing Company (January 10, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0894806327
• ISBN-13: 978-0894806322
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #626,628 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for Adult Game Lovers, April 11, 2002

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Julie Reed (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Games Magazine Big Book of Games II: 10 Great Years! (Paperback)

I absolutely loved this book! It has fun and challenging games for all types of people. Some of the games are classics, others are twists on classic games (such as a maze in the shape of a fingerprint, or oddly shaped crosswords with modified rules),and still others are completely original. The original games are brilliant, and so are the modifications they've made on some of the old favorites. Every kind of puzzle is in this book: observation puzzles, math puzzles, riddles, word games, mazes, logic problems, crosswords, trivia, and more. They range from quite easy to nearly impossible, but they are all on an adult level. Make sure you read the instructions to each game carefully, or you'll end up pretty confused. I would definitely recommend this book to anybody who loves games, no matter what type of games they love.

5.0 out of 5 stars Games for all ages, April 28, 2008

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D. Busenbark (Roosevelt, UT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Games Magazine Big Book of Games II: 10 Great Years! (Paperback)

I love to use this book in my classroom. I will copy certain activities to try and get the kids to think. There are a variety of brain teasers from the easy to the more advanced. If you like brain teasers, this book is for you.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book and Great Games, December 12, 2008

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Motilal Singh "Gadget guy" (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Games Magazine Big Book of Games II: 10 Great Years! (Paperback)

I bought this book for my brother-in-law who conducts games and doll exhibition each year in their showroom (www.ramsonsmysore.com) located in Mysore, India to the public. He received great reviews about the exhibit from the visitors and also in National newspapers

I also bought other books listed below

* Asian Games: The Art of Contest
* Favorite Board Games You Can Make and Play
* The illustrated guide to world chess sets
* The World of Games: Their Origins and History, How to Play Them, and How to Make Them
* Games Magazine Big Book of Games II: 10 Great Years
* Games Magazine Big Book of Games
* The Games We Played: The Golden Age of Board & Table Games