Everybody Wins, James Wallis
Everybody Wins, James Wallis
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Everybody Wins
Four Decades of the Greatest Board Games Ever Made

Author: James Wallis

Narrator: James Wallis

Unabridged: 7 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/14/2023


Synopsis

Ever wondered when board games got so good?

The last forty years have seen nothing short of a revolution in the world of tabletop games. No longer synonymous with family arguments over a game of Monopoly or Trivial Pursuit, board games and the once niche hobby of tabletop gaming have moved into the mainstream over the last four decades, with modern
classics like CATAN, Ticket to Ride and Carcassonne becoming established household names.

In this informative and entertaining volume, this revolution in tabletop gaming is revealed and reviewed by one of the most knowledgeable commentators there is.

James Wallis explores the evolving world of board games through the lens of the Spiel des Jahres, Germany’s prestigious Game of the Year award, looking at a host of past winners catapulted to worldwide popularity, once lauded games now sadly forgotten, and a few popular hits that somehow missed out. Alongside this, Wallis
expertly chronicles the increasing sophistication in the design of modern board games and their ever growing variety.

Everybody Wins is a book for anyone who loves games, wonders what all the fuss is about or just wants to know what to play next—the essential, hugely readable study of the modern board game.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Evan

What an excellent book on the growth of the board gaming hobby over the last 40 years or so (which just happens to be my age). If you can get this on audiobook, the author does a stellar job with the narration, and could probably work in that field as a career if he wanted to. So board games and me......more

Goodreads review by Tom

James Wallis writes entertainingly and really is an expert on this subject so this was a fun and interesting romp through 40+ years of the Spiel des Jahres award and the culture of hobby gaming it exists in and helped to shape. I did have to strain my eyes to read some of the text boxes.......more