New Tactical Games With Dice And Cards by Reiner Knizia (English) Paperback Book

Description: New Tactical Games With Dice And Cards by Reiner Knizia World-renowned game designer Reiner Knizia offers 50 new easy-to-play games featuring cards and dice. These fun and novel games can be played with easily available items like standard playing cards, dice and a few counters. This book is perfect for everyone from casual game players to dedicated game designers. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description World-renowned game designer Reiner Knizia offers 50 new easy-to-play games featuring cards and dice. These fun and novel games require little in the way of materials and offer hours of exciting, varied and original play.This book is perfect for everyone from casual game players to dedicated game designers. Several of these games have been transformed into successful commercial products, but you can play all the games presented here with standard playing materials like cards, dice and a few counters.From the Introduction: When I originally started to write this book, I was an unpublished author. I had a few games represented in magazines, but not a single boxed game on the market. Today, the archive of my works contains more than 600 published games in more than 2000 boxed editions, and more than 20 million copies have been sold all over the world.What a difference half a lifetime makes when you dedicate yourself to fulfilling your dream!Over the course of those years, a number of games in this book developed into fully fledged boxed games with specifically adapted materials.Its interesting to see how some of the games evolved. Goldrush was published as a Wild West card game under its original title Goldrausch, Goal became a soccer card game Tor, Swap was developed into the recently published board game Polynesia, Sono became the tile laying game Robot Master, and Card Chase is now the card game Escalation.But, what makes this book unique, is that you can play all the games presented here with standard playing materials like cards, dice and a few counters.So many games to play, so little time! Enjoy!Reiner Knizia Author Biography Dr. Reiner Knizia is one of the worlds most successful and prolific game designers. More than 700 of his games and books have been published worldwide in over 50 languages. With sales exceeding 20 million copies, he has won numerous international awards, including the prestigious Spiel des Jahres. Reiner Knizia has a Master of Science degree from Syracuse University (USA) and a PHD in Mathematics from Ulm University (Germany). Before dedicating himself to the full-time development of games, he was the Operations Director of a £ 10 billion mortgage company based in the United Kingdom. Reiner Knizia has had teaching assignments at various international universities and institutions on Learning Techniques, Management and Game Design. Long Description World-renowned game designer Reiner Knizia offers 50 new easy-to-play games featuring cards and dice. These fun and novel games require little in the way of materials and offer hours of exciting, varied and original play. This book is perfect for everyone from casual game players to dedicated game designers. Several of these games have been transformed into successful commercial products, but you can play all the games presented here with standard playing materials like cards, dice and a few counters. From the Introduction: When I originally started to write this book, I was an unpublished author. I had a few games represented in magazines, but not a single boxed game on the market. Today, the archive of my works contains more than 600 published games in more than 2000 boxed editions, and more than 20 million copies have been sold all over the world. What a difference half a lifetime makes when you dedicate yourself to fulfilling your dream! Over the course of those years, a number of games in this book developed into fully fledged boxed games with specifically adapted materials. Its interesting to see how some of the games evolved. Goldrush was published as a Wild West card game under its original title Goldrausch, Goal became a soccer card game Tor, Swap was developed into the recently published board game Polynesia, Sono became the tile laying game Robot Master, and Card Chase is now the card game Escalation. But, what makes this book unique, is that you can play all the games presented here with standard playing materials like cards, dice and a few counters. So many games to play, so little time! Enjoy! Reiner Knizia Details ISBN0993688012 Author Reiner Knizia Pages 232 Publisher Blue Terrier Press Year 2019 ISBN-10 0993688012 ISBN-13 9780993688010 Publication Date 2019-02-01 Language English Format Paperback UK Release Date 2019-02-01 Imprint Blue Terrier Press Illustrations 118 Illustrations Edition Description English ed. Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:134242536;

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