The Big Book of Games Volume One

The Big Book of Games Volume One 1996

5.7 /10
BGG rating
2–6
Players
12
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About the Game

This 64-page book contains twelve games and two role-playing aids (though it claims it simply has 14 games). The games range from hex-based combat to a chess variant to abstracts to a party game, a trivia game, a word game, etc.

Most of the games require dice, counters, and other physical components not supplied. Four of the games have maps appearing in an appendix. The first four games listed below tend to be at least medium complexity, while the later games are a bit less complex.

The Table of Contents reads:

Economic Simulation

Planetismals

Wargames

Space Fury Wizards & Warlords Juggerball

Roleplaying Aids

Shared Universes Fantasy Brainstorming

Mind Games

Spellwell Science Trivia Quiz

Party Games

Black Gold Revelations

Abstract Strategy Games

Sorcery Chess Linear Progression Trist Battle Royale

Appendix

Battle Royale Map Wizards & Warlords Map Planetismals Map Trist Board

To the best of my knowledge, there never was a volume two.

EDIT:The 2004 release has 2363 pages and claims to have every Warpspawn game up to that point.

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