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title: "Eurogames: The Design, Culture and Play of Modern European Board Games"
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# Eurogames: The Design, Culture and Play of Modern European Board Games

**Brand:** stewart woods
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- **What is this?** Eurogames: The Design, Culture and Play of Modern European Board Games by stewart woods
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Eurogames: The Design, Culture and Play of Modern European Board Games

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ must have for any game designer or amateur game scholar, or if you just really want to know how games became what they are now
*by R***E on July 12, 2017*

Fantastic book. Truly a book that had to be written. Excellent scholarly approach to the current revolution in tabletop gaming culture.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ then there is a lot to love and a lot to learn from this book
*by M***S on July 2, 2014*

If you're the least bit interested in "Eurogames", then there is a lot to love and a lot to learn from this book. If you're interested in the psychology of play and the culture of gamers, then the last third of this book would be great to dig in to. I'm very interested in boardgames and gaming in general and the first half of this book covers (briefly) the history of boardgames and spends a healthy amount of time on the development and arrival of Eurogames. From this history, I've got a new list of games to check out and from the thorough research, great notes and bibliography at the end of the book, much more reading to do.The last third of the book is a great look at the culture of gamers, why they do what they do in a game, what they look for in a game, how they play together. I was very intrigued by the section on self-handicapping and the reasons for doing so.While most of the book is very dry and "textbook", as a player I feel like I have a new set of eyes, or at least a vocabulary to apply during my next design or gaming session.

### ⭐⭐⭐ Good start but drifts.
*by S***S on January 1, 2015*

The book starts off well an excellent theory of why Eurogames are the way they are and a nice section of the analysis of common mechanics but the book drifts off topic about halfway through where it feels like the author is attempting to fill space the the results if a survey about how players play games and how they feel about concepts like cheating and king making. Missing from the book is a list/summery of influential/important Eurogames. This information is in the book but must be sifted through from many references and chapter notes. This book does contain one of the best bibliographies to learn readers to more books on the topic. Worth reading, but a tad disappointing.

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