Picking up where Magic: The Gathering: Official Encyclopedia left off, Volume 2 features over 1,300 card images in full color. This official book pictures every card released by Wizards of the Coast since September 1996, features a history and setting for each expansion, and commentary on each set's impact on Magic's game play. A must for all players and collectors.

Magic: The Gathering : The Pocket Players' Guidefor Magic : The Gathering

Humor & Entertainment

Varney, Allen

Moursund, Beth

Tynes, John

Redman, Rich

Garfield, Richard

Rosewater, Mark

Doohan, Eric

Wylie, Tom

Person, Paul

Pettey, Dave

Lin, Jim

Catino, Charlie

Mick, Joel

Conard, Steve

Duelists' Convocation

Wagner, T. Brian

Wertz, Victor K.

Des Brisay, Tom

Sundlie, Mark

Puzzles & Games

Harpercollins

Despite two decades of natural disasters, political upheaval, and economic decline, Nicaragua has maintained a system of health care that responds to the needs of most of its people. This important work accurately describes the twists and turns in Nicaragua's health policy during the last two decades. The authors, an epidemiologist and a health educator, have taken part in that system for twelve years, and bring a wealth of data and experience to this unique survey. They draw on detailed comparisons with other countries to examine attempts to promote community participation, harness international assistance, manage the private sector, and develop public services under changing political regimes. The health system under the Somoza dictatorship, the Sandinista revolution, and the post-Sandinista chamorro government is scrutinized in light of several key issues. These include the decisions to focus on primary care or hospitals; to limit or expand the roles for volunteers; to provide care to the entire population or only priority groups; to rely mainly on public or private services; and whether to depend on central government or local control. No other book depicts a developing country's health system with as much analytical detail or with as extensive documentation. Yet this work simultaneously remains an account of the patients, community organizers, health workers, and political leaders. It is a thought provoking case study of people, programs, and policies in international health.

Health Care in Nicaragua: Primary Care Under Changing Regimes

Parenting & Relationships

Williams, Glen

Disabilities & Hyperactivity

Oxford University Press

Understanding games―whether computer games, card games, board games, or sports―by analyzing certain common traits.
Characteristics of Games offers a new way to understand games: by focusing on certain traits―including number of players, rules, degrees of luck and skill needed, and reward/effort ratio―and using these characteristics as basic points of comparison and analysis. These issues are often discussed by game players and designers but seldom written about in any formal way. This book fills that gap. By emphasizing these player-centric basic concepts, the book provides a framework for game analysis from the viewpoint of a game designer. The book shows what all genres of games―board games, card games, computer games, and sports―have to teach each other. Today's game designers may find solutions to design problems when they look at classic games that have evolved over years of playing.
Characteristics of Games―written by three of the most prominent game designers working today―will serve as an essential reference for game designers and game players curious about the inner workings of games. It includes exercises (which can also serve as the basis for discussions) and examples chosen from a wide variety of games. There are occasional mathematical digressions, but these can be skipped with no loss of continuity. Appendixes offer supplementary material, including a brief survey of the two main branches of mathematical game theory and a descriptive listing of each game referred to in the text.

Characteristics of Games

Computers & Technology

Elias, George Skaff

Gutschera, K. Robert

Games & Strategy Guides

The MIT Press

Understanding games--whether computer games, card games, board games, or sports--by analyzing certain common traits. Characteristics of Games offers a new way to understand games- by focusing on certain traits--including number of players, rules, degrees of luck and skill needed, and reward/effort ratio--and using these characteristics as basic points of comparison and analysis. These issues are often discussed by game players and designers but seldom written about in any formal way. This book fills that gap. By emphasizing these player-centric basic concepts, the book provides a framework for game analysis from the viewpoint of a game designer. The book shows what all genres of games--board games, card games, computer games, and sports--have to teach each other. Today's game designers may find solutions to design problems when they look at classic games that have evolved over years of playing.

Health & revolution: The Nicaraguan experience

History

Americas

Oxfam

Book by Garfield, Richard, Williams, Glen

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Oxfam Publishing

From the pyramids of Egypt to the skyscrapers of New York Citym the Jyhad has wracked the world for eons. the most powerful vampires the Earth has ever known and you can be one of them. This guide includes rules clarifications, a guide to the World of Darkness, and fiction by some of White Wolf's top authors.

The Eternal Struggle: A Strategy Guide to the Jyhad

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Gaming

White Wolf Pub

Dilbert Corporate Shuffle: Card Game

Wizards of the Coast

Stonehenge has always been a mystery, its original purpose lost in time. Titanic Games asks the question: what would five world-class game designers make of such a location if they were the ones to discover it? Titanic Games presents the world's first Anthology Board Game™. We gathered together five talented game designers and gave each of them the same board and pieces. Five unique designers resulted in five unique games: an Arthurian showdown by Richard Borg, a monumental fire sale by James Ernest, a druidic election by Bruno Faidutti, a magical convocation by Richard Garfield, and an alien chariot race by Mike Selinker. Stonehenge contains: One rulebook with five games One game board One deck of 65 cards Five plastic trilithons 50 plastic disks 50 plastic bars Six plastic pawns “Price Includes VAT”

Paizo, Inc. Stonehenge: an Anthology Board Game

Ernest, James

Selinker, Mike

Faidutti, Bruno

Borg, Richard

Paizo, Inc.

Winner of the 2012 Origins Award Pull up a chair and see how the world's top game designers roll. 
You want your games to be many things: Creative. Innovative. Playable. Fun. If you're a designer, add "published" to that list. 
The Kobold Guide to Board Game Design gives you an insider's view on how to make a game that people will want to play again and again. Author Mike Selinker (Betrayal at House on the Hill) has invited some of the world's most talented and experienced game designers to share their secrets on game conception, design, development, and presentation. 
In these pages, you'll learn about storyboarding, balancing, prototyping, and playtesting from the best in the business.

Kobold Guide to Board Game Design (Kobold Guides)

JACKSON, STEVE

FORBECK, MATT

Howell, David

Tidball, Jeff

Levy, Richard C.

Yu, Dale

Daviau, Rob

Open Design LLC

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