Introduces readers of all levels to different perspectives on chess, from strategy and etiquette, to winning defensive and offensive secrets. Contains chapters on computer chess games, playing chess online, new tournament rules and much more.

Includes instructions and rules for over thirty card games, such as Go Fish, Old Maid, Blackjack, Racing Demon, and Solitaire.

"The University of Washington's 1936 eight-oar crew transformed the sport and grabbed the attention of millions of Americans. The sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the nine boys, in the depths of the Great Depression, showed the world what beating the odds really meant. They defeated elite rivals from California and eastern schools to earn the right to compete against the German crew rowing for Adolf Hitler in the Olympic Games in Berlin....

Essays by game designers and producers survey the top one hundred hobby games of the last fifty years, describing familiar and offbeat games of all types, including roleplaying, collectible card, miniature, war, and board.

Presents descriptions of and directions for more than fifty card games.

"When teenage coder Emika Chen hacks her way into the opening tournament of the Warcross Championships, she glitches herself into the game as well as a sinister plot with major consequences for the entire Warcross empire"--

"In the first in this series of three unofficial Minecraft adventure books, it's time for our 12-year-old hero to choose his future vocation to study at the Minecraftia school. His options are less than tantalizing: farmer, butcher, crafter, miner. What this noob really wants is to be a warrior like his hero, Steve. So when he learns that the five best students in school that year will get the chance to start warrior training, it's on"--Amazon.com....