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Tabletop gaming manual / Matt Thrower.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset : Haynes Publishing, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: 188 pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1785211498
  • 9781785211492
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GV1312 .T57 2018
Summary: The Tabletop Gaming Manual will guide you through all aspects of games, from popular and traditional through to role playing and miniatures. It includes specific and specialist information for each area. It includes a history of board games, ancient and modern; a brief overview of the hottest games on the market; how to pick, purchase and put away games for your collection; a hands-on guide to expanding and improving game components; step-by-step guides to painting, modelling and scultping your own miniatures; an exploration and explanation of popular gameplay mechanics; and information about designing and publishing your own games and variants.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Non-Fiction Davis (Central) Library Non-Fiction Non-Fiction 794 THR Available T00804879
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Tabletop gaming is enjoying a huge renaissance. Sales of hobby board games have risen in double digits yearly for the past decade, with more people enjoying the physical, non-digital aspects of playing, along with the social interaction. It's one of the biggest sectors in crowd-funding platform Kickstarter.

Includes index.

"A guide to diverse world of modern tabletop games"--Cover.

The Tabletop Gaming Manual will guide you through all aspects of games, from popular and traditional through to role playing and miniatures. It includes specific and specialist information for each area. It includes a history of board games, ancient and modern; a brief overview of the hottest games on the market; how to pick, purchase and put away games for your collection; a hands-on guide to expanding and improving game components; step-by-step guides to painting, modelling and scultping your own miniatures; an exploration and explanation of popular gameplay mechanics; and information about designing and publishing your own games and variants.

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