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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
I really wanted to like this book. No, that's not entirely correct. I really wanted to LOVE this book. So it's with a bit of remorse that I rate it at only three stars.
I bought this book just after Christmas and got 30% off the already very low cover price, for such a large book. I flipped through it in the store and was blown away by the apparent depth (background, rules, strategies etc.) for a wide variety of games.
But as I read more and more of it I became a bit confused about some of the language/writing in the book. It seemed, at times, a bit disjointed and awkward. It wasn't until I really took a close look at the publishing information in the front that I… Read more
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
I love the premise of this book: Get 100 games designers, publisher, editors, inventors and so on to write a short essay about their favorite game.
And in that, the book delivers on its promise. That is exactly what you get here; a collection of very short essays (roughly 2 1/2 pages each) that most often give a short background of the game being praised and then reasons for the praise.
I have already learned about several games I'd never even heard of, including one that completely escaped my radar over the years: Fluxx. Suffice to say I've now ordered a copy from the publisher of that game. :)
Where the book falls sort (I feel) is in two places:… Read more
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
I bought this book recently while waiting for a new bike to arrive that I'd ordered online. I wanted to get into the cycling mood before my new ride arrived, though I was already geared up for the topic. So I really really wanted to like this book. I wanted to love it. And as close as it came, it just fell a bit short.
As a commuting cyclist I felt this was the perfect book for me. It's packed with suggestions, tips and methods of cycling in urban and suburban environments that are meant to keep you safe and secure in the insanity of traffic you face daily. And those parts of the book are great... the parts about cycling that is. But getting to those parts takes some… Read more
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