CONTENTS
FOREWORD by Mike Gray ...... ix INTRODUCTION by James Lowder ...... xiii
Carrie Bebris on 10 Days in the USA ...... 1 Steven E. Schend on 1960: The Making of the President ...... 5 Dominic Crapuchettes on Apples to Apples ...... 9 Mike Breault on The Awful Green Things from Outer Space ...... 12 Jeff Tidball on Balderdash ...... 16 Keith Baker on Bang! ...... 20 Bruce Harlick on Battleship ...... 23 James Wallis on Bausack ...... 26 Paul Jaquays on Black Box ...... 29 Lewis Pulsipher on Blokus ...... 33 Teeuwynn Woodruff on Boggle ...... 37 Fred Hicks on Buffy the Vampire Slayer ...... 40 James Ernest on Candy Land ...... 45 Ian Livingstone on Can’t Stop ...... 48 Bruce Whitehill on Careers ...... 51 Jared Sorensen on Cat ...... 55 Wolfgang Baur on Cathedral ...... 59 John Scott Tynes on Clue ...... 62 Alessio Cavatore on Condottiere ...... 67 Elaine Cunningham on Connect Four ...... 70 Will Hindmarch on Cranium ...... 73 Erik Mona on Crossbows and Catapults ...... 77 William W. Connors on Dark Tower ...... 81 John D. Rateliff on Dogfight ...... 85 Robert J. Schwalb on Dungeon! ...... 89 jim pinto on Dvonn ...... 93 Gav Thorpe on Easter Island ...... 96 Jeff Grubb on Eurorails ...... 99 Kenneth Hite on Faery’s Tale Deluxe ...... 103 Richard Dansky on Family Business ...... 106 Warren Spector on Focus ...... 110 Corey Konieczka on For Sale ...... 115 James M. Ward on Fortress America ...... 118 Stan! on Frank’s Zoo ...... 122 Bruce C. Shelley on The Game of Life ...... 126 Phil Orbanes on A Gamut of Games ...... 129 Monica Valentinelli on Gloom ...... 133 Matt Leacock on Go Away Monster! ...... 136 Steve Jackson on The Great Dalmuti ...... 139 David “Zeb” Cook on Guillotine ...... 143 Jason Matthews on Gulo Gulo ...... 148 Joshua Howard on Halli Galli ...... 152 Bruce Nesmith on Hare & Tortoise ...... 155 Mike Pondsmith on HeroClix ...... 159 Anthony J. Gallela on HeroQuest ...... 163 Chris Pramas on HeroScape ...... 167 Ed Greenwood on Hey! That’s My Fish! ...... 171 Colin McComb on Hive ...... 174 Alan R. Moon on Hoity Toity ...... 178 Jon Leitheusser on Ingenious ...... 182 Uli Blennemann on Java ...... 185 Luke Crane on Jungle Speed ...... 188 Monte Cook on Kill Doctor Lucky ...... 191 Emiliano Sciarra on Knightmare Chess ...... 195 Todd A. Breitenstein on Liar’s Dice ...... 198 Marc Gascoigne on Loopin’ Louie ...... 201 Andrew Parks on Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation ...... 204 Seth Johnson on Lost Cities ...... 208 John Yianni on Magi-Nation ...... 211 Bill Bodden on Master Labyrinth ...... 215 Andrew Greenberg on Mastermind ...... 219 Ken Levine on Memoir ’44 ...... 223 Scott Haring on Mille Bornes ...... 227 Steve Jackson on Monopoly ...... 230 Sheri Graner Ray on Mouse Trap ...... 235 Kevin G. Nunn on Mystery Rummy: Murders in the Rue Morgue . . . . . 238 Dale Donovan on The Omega Virus ...... 241 Darren Watts on Othello ...... 245 Charles Ryan on Pandemic ...... 248 Michelle Lyons on Pente ...... 252 Thomas M. Reid on Pictionary ...... 255 Nicole Lindroos on Pieces of Eight ...... 258 John Wick on Pit ...... 262 Matt Forbeck on Pokémon ...... 267 Robin D. Laws on Prince Valiant ...... 271 Stephen Glenn on Qwirkle ...... 275 Sébastien Pauchon on Ricochet Robots ...... 278 Peter Olotka on Risk ...... 283 Richard Breese on Rummikub ...... 286 Jesse Scoble on Scotland Yard ...... 290 Richard Garfield on Scrabble ...... 293 Mike Selinker on Set ...... 296 Rob Heinsoo on Small World ...... 299 Hal Mangold on Sorry! ...... 304 Jess Lebow on Stratego ...... 308 Eric Goldberg on Strat-O-Matic Baseball ...... 312 Andrea Angiolino on Survive! ...... 318 Karl Deckard on Thebes ...... 322 Dan Tibbles on Time’s Up! ...... 326 Tom Wham on Trade Winds ...... 330 Susan McKinley Ross on TransAmerica ...... 333 Ray Winninger on Trivial Pursuit ...... 336 Leo Colovini on Twixt ...... 339 Matthew Kirby on Uno ...... 343 David Parlett on Upwords ...... 346 Lester Smith on Werewolf ...... 350 John Kovalic on Wits & Wagers ...... 353 Philip Reed on Yahtzee ...... 356 Kevin Wilson on Zendo ...... 359 Jess Hartley on Zooloretto ...... 362
AFTERWORD by Wil Wheaton ...... 367 APPENDIX A: GAMES AND EDUCATION by David Millians ...... 371 APPENDIX B: FAMILY GAMES IN Hobby Games: The 100 Best ...... 377