The Player of Games

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Following on the success of one of the most important chess books ever written, Bobby Fischer: My 60 Memorable Games, renowned chess writer Andrew ...

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This edited collection of chapters concerns the evolving discipline of procedural storytelling in video games. Games are an interactive medium, and...

Team Games are special mathematical puzzles and problems which produce real co-operation between the members of a team. The secondary school versio...

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The success of storytelling in games depends on the entire development team--game designers, artists, writers, programmers and musicians, etc.--wor...

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A local chess player is discovered dead, his untimely end seeming suspicious. Detectives quickly find themselves as pawns in the game of an arrogan...

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It's major news when a legendary player reveals his opening secrets. And when he has rarely written about his games or preparation methods, and was...

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Starting a chess game with 1 e4 e5 is so common that the resulting complex of opening systems traditionally commands its own sobriquet, "The Open G...

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A forward dribbles upfield and works to get into position to score, but a defending player covers too well. Then the forward dummies and the defend...

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The games in this book were made to help the navigators of Bomber Command improve the chances of locating their target. Written by Sir Francis Chic...

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Contributor(s): Author: Michael SellersIn Advanced Game Design, pioneering game designer and instructor Michael Sellers situates game design practi...

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