Make Your Own Board Game: Designing, Building, and Playing an Original Tabletop Game - Softcover

Daniels, Jesse Terrance

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1635863414 ISBN 13: 9781635863413

Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC, 2022

Synopsis

Tabletop board games are having a comeback, and especially within a younger, tech-y audience who enjoys the challenge and opportunity to work in an analog sphere. Game design expert Jesse Terrance Daniels teaches all the fundamentals of game design, from rule-setting to physical construction, along with original illustrations that capture the ethos and energy of the young, contemporary gaming community.
 
Readers will learn the “building blocks” of game design, including game components, rules, and gameplay mechanics, and then how to craft a game, with a variety of examples and design prompts. After completing Make Your Own Board Game, readers are equipped with a broad understanding of game construction and flow and ready to create games that are playable and satisfying, while also expressing the makers’ unique creativity and passions.

About this title

About the Author

Jesse Terrance Daniels,creator of the award-winning “Hibernation” game, is the founder of Pied Raven Games. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts, he holds a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts with a concentration in Animation. He’s worked in the marketing industry, held gallery shows, and published his art in magazines and journals. Jesse, his wife, and his pup live in Massachusetts.

Reviews

Gr 8 Up-This book is a great resource for tabletop gaming players and those who would like to create their own board games. Strategy and game devices are discussed and explained in great detail by Daniels, a board game creator and founder of a tabletop game-making company. There is also an interesting exploration about the benefits of gaming and why people enjoy it so much. Many different types of games are showcased. The book includes information on choosing a theme for a tabletop game, deciding what components will be part of it (dice, cards, etc.), and setting up the rules of game play and how to win. The hand-drawn art is bright, featuring diverse faces, and is an asset to the book. In general, the book is well designed and full of information. Several original games are featured in the back, as are game pieces and cards to be used for play. VERDICT Beginning gamers along with intermediate gamers will find something of interest in this title. A recommended purchase for library collections.-Jami Livingstonα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Edition details

• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1635863414
• ISBN 13: 9781635863413
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144