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​As board games become more and more mainstream, board game-related resources abound.

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Books
Over the last few years, I've collected a fair number of books on game design.  Here's what I have.  I included worldcat library links so you can find them in local libraries. 

This is the best book, and the only book, quite honestly, I think you need:

The Kobold Guide to Board Game Design
by Mike Selinker
http://www.worldcat.org/title/kobold-guide-to-board-game-design/oclc/828688134

All of these other books offer much more knowledge and understanding than I probably have, of course:

The Art of Game Design : a Book of Lenses
by Jesse Schell
http://www.worldcat.org/title/art-of-game-design-a-book-of-lenses/oclc/258334856

A Board Game Education
by Jeffrey Hinebaugh
http://www.worldcat.org/title/board-game-education/oclc/317118160

Challenges for Game Designers: Non-Digital Exercises for Video Game Designers 
by Brenda Braithwaite and Ian Schreiber 
http://www.worldcat.org/title/challenges-for-game-designers/oclc/319585837

The Compleat Strategyst : Being a Primer on the Theory of Games of Strategy 
by J. D. Williams  
http://www.worldcat.org/title/compleat-strategyst-being-a-primer-on-the-theory-of-games-of-strategy/oclc/959672

Eurogames: The Design, Culture and Play of Modern European Board Games
by Stewart Woods
http://www.worldcat.org/title/eurogames-the-design-culture-and-play-of-modern-european-board-games/oclc/808367340

Game Design Workshop: A Playcentric Approach to Creating Innovative Games 
by Tracy Fullerton, Christopher Swain, and Steven Hoffman
http://www.worldcat.org/title/game-design-workshop-a-playcentric-approach-to-creating-innovative-games/oclc/173659700

The Game Inventor's Guidebook : How to Invent and Sell Board Games, Card Games, Role-Playing Games, and Everything in Between
by Brian Tinsman
http://www.worldcat.org/title/game-inventors-guidebook-how-to-invent-and-sell-board-games-card-games-role-playing-games-and-everything-in-between/oclc/244061530

Games of Strategy 
by Avinash Dixit and Susan Skeath
http://www.worldcat.org/title/games-of-strategy/oclc/40267321

The Imagineering Way
by Imagineers
http://www.worldcat.org/title/imagineering-way/oclc/51752393

The Imagineering Workout : Exercises to Shape Your Creative Muscles
by Peggy Van Pelt
http://www.worldcat.org/title/imagineering-workout-exercises-to-shape-your-creative-muscles/oclc/60373653

Journey to Gameland : How to Make a Board Game from Your Favorite Children's Book 
by Ben Buchanan, Carol Adams, Susan Allison, Doug Buchanan
http://www.worldcat.org/title/journey-to-gameland-how-to-make-a-board-game-from-your-favorite-childrens-book/oclc/46640925

Libraries Got Game : Aligned Learning through Modern Board Games
Brian Mayer; Christopher Harris
http://www.worldcat.org/title/libraries-got-game-aligned-learning-through-modern-board-games/oclc/567490763

Paid to Play: The Business of Game Design
by Keith A. Meyers
http://www.worldcat.org/title/paid-to-play-the-business-of-game-design/oclc/301813840

Rules of Play 
by Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman  
http://www.worldcat.org/title/rules-of-play-game-design-fundamentals/oclc/51879625

A Theory of Fun for Game Design
by Raph Koster
http://www.worldcat.org/title/theory-of-fun-for-game-design/oclc/57406861
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