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Monopoly X

How Top-Secret World War II Operations Used the Game of Monopoly to Help Allied POWs Escape, Conceal Spies, and Send Secret Codes

by Philip E. Orbanes ...

An amazing true story of World War II that reveals how British and American military intelligence successfully smuggled escape aids into German P.O.W. camps hidden inside Monopoly game boards, and also the game’s surprising role in espionage.Monopoly X is the fascinating true story of what is arguably the most unusual and best-kept secret operation of World War II. The masterminds at England’s top ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

An amazing true story of World War II that reveals how British and American military intelligence successfully smuggled escape aids into German P.O.W. camps hidden inside Monopoly game boards, and also the game’s surprising role in espionage.Monopoly X is the fascinating true story of what is arguably the most unusual and best-kept secret operation of World War II. The masterminds at England’s top
... Read more
How to Win at Chess

The Ultimate Guide for Beginners and Beyond

by Levy Rozman ...

Series series How to Win at Chess
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Learn chess from International Master and YouTube’s top chess teacher Levy Rozman (aka GothamChess) in this refreshing and fun guide for beginner and intermediate players.Clever and informative, How to Win at Chess teaches you everything you need to know about the game, including all the important moves and strategies to start off strong and keep you thinking several ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Learn chess from International Master and YouTube’s top chess teacher Levy Rozman (aka GothamChess) in this refreshing and fun guide for beginner and intermediate players.Clever and informative, How to Win at Chess teaches you everything you need to know about the game, including all the important moves and strategies to start off strong and keep you thinking several
... Read more
the Catalan System Unlocking Positional Mastery

Winning Chess Openings for White, #3

by Özer Mumcu ...

Series Book 3 - Winning Chess Openings for White
Chess Openings for White SeriesThe Catalan is a reliable, positional and sophisticated chess opening for White. With the powerful fianchettoed bishop on g2, it delivers long-term pressure on the center and queenside, subtle edges, and excellent endgame prospects — a favorite of world champions.Ideal for players wanting a solid chess opening repertoire with depth, flexibility, and minimal sharp ... Read more

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Chess Openings for White SeriesThe Catalan is a reliable, positional and sophisticated chess opening for White. With the powerful fianchettoed bishop on g2, it delivers long-term pressure on the center and queenside, subtle edges, and excellent endgame prospects — a favorite of world champions.Ideal for players wanting a solid chess opening repertoire with depth, flexibility, and minimal sharp
... Read more
Narrative Roleplay: Universal Campaign Building

A System-Agnostic Narrative Campaign System for Tabletop RPGs and Miniature Wargames

by Jesper Schmidt, Autumn M. Birt ...

Series Book 2 - The Ylécium Tabletop Series
Turn your miniature wargame into a living, breathing story.Narrative Roleplay: Universal Campaign Building is a complete system-agnostic roleplaying game and narrative campaign system designed to bridge the gap between tabletop RPGs and miniature wargaming campaigns.This book allows you to create persistent characters, evolving storylines, and meaningful consequences that carry across battles, ... Read more

$4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Turn your miniature wargame into a living, breathing story.Narrative Roleplay: Universal Campaign Building is a complete system-agnostic roleplaying game and narrative campaign system designed to bridge the gap between tabletop RPGs and miniature wargaming campaigns.This book allows you to create persistent characters, evolving storylines, and meaningful consequences that carry across battles,
... Read more
Learn Chess the Right Way

Book 4: Sacrifice to Win!

by Susan Polgar ...

The Polgar Way to Better Chess! Learn Chess the Right Way is a five-volume chess puzzle book series aimed at the novice, beginner and intermediate level player, using the unique methods of the award-winning coach and former world champion Susan Polgar. It introduces the most important checkmate and material-winning tactics, as well as defensive techniques to the new chess player. Each of the ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

The Polgar Way to Better Chess! Learn Chess the Right Way is a five-volume chess puzzle book series aimed at the novice, beginner and intermediate level player, using the unique methods of the award-winning coach and former world champion Susan Polgar. It introduces the most important checkmate and material-winning tactics, as well as defensive techniques to the new chess player. Each of the
... Read more
How to Host a Game Night

What to Serve, Who to Invite, How to Play—Strategies for the Perfect Game Night

by Erik Arneson ...

From party games to legacy games, setting up to hosting a crowd, tabletop game expert Erik Arneson gives you the strategies you need to host an epic game night.Break out the chips and grab a drink! With enthusiasm for tabletop games at an all-time high and exciting new board games and card games hitting Kickstarter every week, game night is more popular than ever. But there’s more to the perfect ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

From party games to legacy games, setting up to hosting a crowd, tabletop game expert Erik Arneson gives you the strategies you need to host an epic game night.Break out the chips and grab a drink! With enthusiasm for tabletop games at an all-time high and exciting new board games and card games hitting Kickstarter every week, game night is more popular than ever. But there’s more to the perfect
... Read more
Le Système Jobava-London

by Özer Mumcu ...

Découvrez le Système Jobava London, une variante moderne et agressive du classique Système de Londres (1.d4 suivi de Cc3 et Ff4). Popularisé par le grand maître géorgien Baadur Jobava, ce système surprend les Noirs par son dynamisme et ses possibilités d'attaque rapide, tout en nécessitant peu de théorie. Idéal pour les joueurs cherchant une ouverture solide mais dangereuse avec les Blancs. Un ... Read more

$13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Découvrez le Système Jobava London, une variante moderne et agressive du classique Système de Londres (1.d4 suivi de Cc3 et Ff4). Popularisé par le grand maître géorgien Baadur Jobava, ce système surprend les Noirs par son dynamisme et ses possibilités d'attaque rapide, tout en nécessitant peu de théorie. Idéal pour les joueurs cherchant une ouverture solide mais dangereuse avec les Blancs. Un
... Read more
It's All a Game

The History of Board Games from Monopoly to Settlers of Catan

by Tristan Donovan ...

"[A] timely book . . . a wonderfully entertaining trip around the board, through 4,000 years of game history." — The Wall Street JournalBoard games have been with us even longer than the written word. But what is it about this pastime that continues to captivate us well into the age of smartphones and instant gratification?In It's All a Game, Tristan Donovan, British journalist and author of ... Read more

$19.19 CAD

"[A] timely book . . . a wonderfully entertaining trip around the board, through 4,000 years of game history." — The Wall Street JournalBoard games have been with us even longer than the written word. But what is it about this pastime that continues to captivate us well into the age of smartphones and instant gratification?In It's All a Game, Tristan Donovan, British journalist and author of
... Read more
Stalingrad for Beginners - How to Play

Studies in Game Design, #3

by George Phillies ...

Series Book 3 - Studies in Game Design
Stalingrad, the 1963 game from Avalon Hill, is the most intensely analyzed board wargame in the history of the wargaming hobby. Stalingrad for Beginners - How to Play - presents fundamentals at a level suitable for beginners.Appearing just in time for the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the city of Stalingrad from the Nazi invaders, Stalingrad for Beginners -- How to Play introduces the ... Read more

$4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Stalingrad, the 1963 game from Avalon Hill, is the most intensely analyzed board wargame in the history of the wargaming hobby. Stalingrad for Beginners - How to Play - presents fundamentals at a level suitable for beginners.Appearing just in time for the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the city of Stalingrad from the Nazi invaders, Stalingrad for Beginners -- How to Play introduces the
... Read more
Scrabble Players Dictionary

The Unofficial Guide to the Original Word Game Kobo Edition

by Ultimate Dictionary ...

Scrabble® is one of the greatest word games! Now you can improve your play with this essential guide. Scrabble® experts agree that in order to win you have to master the all the essential 2 and 3 letter words building up to longer words. This guide will take you through all the possible combinations. The easy to use table of contents sorts words by starting letter and length so you can quickly ... Read more

$10.98 CAD

Scrabble® is one of the greatest word games! Now you can improve your play with this essential guide. Scrabble® experts agree that in order to win you have to master the all the essential 2 and 3 letter words building up to longer words. This guide will take you through all the possible combinations. The easy to use table of contents sorts words by starting letter and length so you can quickly
... Read more
Don't Know Much About® Anything

Everything You Need to Know but Never Learned About People, Places, Events, and More!

by Kenneth C. Davis ...

Series Book 15 - Don't Know Much About Series
In his wildly entertaining, winningly irreverent, New York Times bestselling Don't Know Much About® series, author Kenneth C. Davis has amused and edified us with fascinating facts about history, mythology, the Bible, the universe, geography, and the Civil War.Now, the sky's the limit in his latest irresistible installment—a grand tour of knowledge that carries us from the Great Smoky Mountains to ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

In his wildly entertaining, winningly irreverent, New York Times bestselling Don't Know Much About® series, author Kenneth C. Davis has amused and edified us with fascinating facts about history, mythology, the Bible, the universe, geography, and the Civil War.Now, the sky's the limit in his latest irresistible installment—a grand tour of knowledge that carries us from the Great Smoky Mountains to
... Read more
Solitaire!

by James Babcock ...

If you carry a pack of cards with you, you'll never suffer boredom if you get stuck for something to do while waiting in the airport for a late connection, or waiting for your date to finish primping, or…well, you get the idea. Play these fifteen new solitaire games―plus the classic Klondike―and kill time enjoyably. ... Read more

$2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

If you carry a pack of cards with you, you'll never suffer boredom if you get stuck for something to do while waiting in the airport for a late connection, or waiting for your date to finish primping, or…well, you get the idea. Play these fifteen new solitaire games―plus the classic Klondike―and kill time enjoyably.
... Read more
Chess For Dummies

by James Eade ...

Want to play chess like a champ? Dummies can help.From Netflix's “The Queen’s Gambit” to podcasts, virtual and mobile gaming, and beyond, chess is back in a big way. But, with all those kings, queens, and knights, chess can be a royal pain to grasp. Chess For Dummies is here to help beginners wrap their minds around the rules of the game, make sense of those puzzling pieces, and sharpen their ... Read more

$20.99 CAD

Want to play chess like a champ? Dummies can help.From Netflix's “The Queen’s Gambit” to podcasts, virtual and mobile gaming, and beyond, chess is back in a big way. But, with all those kings, queens, and knights, chess can be a royal pain to grasp. Chess For Dummies is here to help beginners wrap their minds around the rules of the game, make sense of those puzzling pieces, and sharpen their
... Read more
A History of Chess

The Original 1913 Edition

by H. J. R. Murray ...

An epic work that took more than a decade to complete, A History of Chess, originally published in 1913, is a historic undertaking that shattered preconceptions about the game upon publication. Over a century later, Murray’s research and conclusions, in which he argues that chess originated in India, are still widely accepted by most chess historians.Undertaking such a pioneering task, the scope ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

An epic work that took more than a decade to complete, A History of Chess, originally published in 1913, is a historic undertaking that shattered preconceptions about the game upon publication. Over a century later, Murray’s research and conclusions, in which he argues that chess originated in India, are still widely accepted by most chess historians.Undertaking such a pioneering task, the scope
... Read more
Le Guide Des Ouvertures Aux Echecs

Ou comment développer sa connaissance et sa maîtrise des 21 ouvertures les plus célèbres du jeu d'échecs

by Alan Scott ...

Ce livre aborde les ouvertures du jeu d’échecs d’une façon très originale et très efficace. L’époque des livres de 200 pages pour expliquer une seule ouverture est révolue ! Dans cet ouvrage, ce n’est pas moins de 21 ouvertures qui vous sont exposées. Les outils fournis dans ce livre vous permettront d’apprendre et d’expérimenter très facilement les ouvertures les plus répandues. Les variantes et ... Read more

$13.49 CAD

Ce livre aborde les ouvertures du jeu d’échecs d’une façon très originale et très efficace. L’époque des livres de 200 pages pour expliquer une seule ouverture est révolue ! Dans cet ouvrage, ce n’est pas moins de 21 ouvertures qui vous sont exposées. Les outils fournis dans ce livre vous permettront d’apprendre et d’expérimenter très facilement les ouvertures les plus répandues. Les variantes et
... Read more
Chess

A complete guide to Chess and Chess strategies, helping you to master Chess fast!

by Michael West ...

CHESSThis book aims to serve as a beginner’s guide to playing Chess. Inside, you will learn everything you need to know to become a proficient Chess player.This book begins with the basics, such as the rules, what movements each Chess piece is allowed to make, and how Chess notation works.After that, you will learn about the three different stages of a chess match, as well as specific and proven ... Read more

$2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

CHESSThis book aims to serve as a beginner’s guide to playing Chess. Inside, you will learn everything you need to know to become a proficient Chess player.This book begins with the basics, such as the rules, what movements each Chess piece is allowed to make, and how Chess notation works.After that, you will learn about the three different stages of a chess match, as well as specific and proven
... Read more
Chess

5334 Problems, Combinations and Games

by Bruce Pandolfini ...

Win at chess with practical instruction from one of the world's leading teachers! With clever strategies for more than 5000 situations and clear diagrams, Chess is for the enthusiastic novice as well as the competitor taking the game to the next level.Chess takes you through more than 5,000 unique instructional situations, many taken from actual matches, including 306 problems for checkmate in one ... Read more

$26.39 CAD

Win at chess with practical instruction from one of the world's leading teachers! With clever strategies for more than 5000 situations and clear diagrams, Chess is for the enthusiastic novice as well as the competitor taking the game to the next level.Chess takes you through more than 5,000 unique instructional situations, many taken from actual matches, including 306 problems for checkmate in one
... Read more
The Ultimate RPG Character Backstory Guide

Prompts and Activities to Create the Most Interesting Story for Your Character

by James D’Amato ...

Series series Ultimate Role Playing Game Series
Ramp up your role-playing game (RPG) and make your character your own with this fun, interactive workbook—an essential addition to any player’s gaming kit.You’ve chosen your class, bought your weapons, and rolled for your stats, and you’re now the proud owner of your own RPG (role-playing game) avatar. But before you begin your adventure, there’s so much more you can do with your character to make ... Read more

$12.99 CAD

Ramp up your role-playing game (RPG) and make your character your own with this fun, interactive workbook—an essential addition to any player’s gaming kit.You’ve chosen your class, bought your weapons, and rolled for your stats, and you’re now the proud owner of your own RPG (role-playing game) avatar. But before you begin your adventure, there’s so much more you can do with your character to make
... Read more
Backgammon For Dummies

by Chris Bray ...

A comprehensive and fun guide to Backgammon!Backgammon is one of the oldest games in the world, the origins of which date back some 5000 years – and it's still going strong. It enjoyed a huge resurgence in the 1970s, and then again in the 1990s with the popularity of the Internet, where millions of people play tournaments online every day.Today, backgammon's following in the UK is huge, with a ... Read more

$12.99 CAD

A comprehensive and fun guide to Backgammon!Backgammon is one of the oldest games in the world, the origins of which date back some 5000 years – and it's still going strong. It enjoyed a huge resurgence in the 1970s, and then again in the 1990s with the popularity of the Internet, where millions of people play tournaments online every day.Today, backgammon's following in the UK is huge, with a
... Read more
Make Your Own Board Game

Designing, Building, and Playing an Original Tabletop Game

by Jesse Terrance Daniels ...

Tabletop board games are having a comeback, and especially within a younger, tech-y audience who enjoys the challenge and opportunity to work in an analog sphere. Game design expert Jesse Terrance Daniels teaches all the fundamentals of game design, from rule-setting to physical construction, along with original illustrations that capture the ethos and energy of the young, contemporary gaming ... Read more

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Tabletop board games are having a comeback, and especially within a younger, tech-y audience who enjoys the challenge and opportunity to work in an analog sphere. Game design expert Jesse Terrance Daniels teaches all the fundamentals of game design, from rule-setting to physical construction, along with original illustrations that capture the ethos and energy of the young, contemporary gaming
... Read more
Celebrating Birds

An Interactive Field Guide Featuring Art from Wingspan

by Natalia Rojas, Ana Maria Martinez ...

A gorgeously illustrated and interactive full-color guide to more than 181 birds of North America, based on the bestselling board game, Wingspan.Praised for its gorgeous illustrations, accurate portrayal of bird habitats, and its gameplay, the bird-focused board game Wingspan has become an international sensation, available in a dozen languages and selling more than 200,000 copies its first year. ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

A gorgeously illustrated and interactive full-color guide to more than 181 birds of North America, based on the bestselling board game, Wingspan.Praised for its gorgeous illustrations, accurate portrayal of bird habitats, and its gameplay, the bird-focused board game Wingspan has become an international sensation, available in a dozen languages and selling more than 200,000 copies its first year.
... Read more
Dungeons and Dragons The Legend of Drizzt Visual Dictionary

by Michael Witwer ...

A visually stunning exploration of a legendary fantasy worldThe Forgotten Realms offer D&D players an endless array of secrets to uncover, foes to fight, and treasures to be taken. But there is one name that has always stood out from the rest: Drizzt. Drizzt Do'urden.This legendary drow elf ranger has been adventuring across the Forgotten Realms for decades, whether through New York Times ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

A visually stunning exploration of a legendary fantasy worldThe Forgotten Realms offer D&D players an endless array of secrets to uncover, foes to fight, and treasures to be taken. But there is one name that has always stood out from the rest: Drizzt. Drizzt Do'urden.This legendary drow elf ranger has been adventuring across the Forgotten Realms for decades, whether through New York Times
... Read more
Don't Know Much About® Anything Else

Even More Things You Need to Know but Never Learned About People, Places, Events, and More!

by Kenneth C. Davis ...

Series Book 13 - Don't Know Much About Series
“Reading [Davis] is like returning to the classroom of the best teacher you ever had.”— PeopleFor years, Kenneth C. Davis has enlightened and enthralled us, opening our minds and tickling our fancies with his wonderfully irreverent, fun, and factual Don't Know Much About® series. He has carried readers on wild and edifying rides through history, mythology, geography, the Bible, the Civil War, even ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

“Reading [Davis] is like returning to the classroom of the best teacher you ever had.”— PeopleFor years, Kenneth C. Davis has enlightened and enthralled us, opening our minds and tickling our fancies with his wonderfully irreverent, fun, and factual Don't Know Much About® series. He has carried readers on wild and edifying rides through history, mythology, geography, the Bible, the Civil War, even
... Read more
Warhammer 40,000 The Ultimate Guide

by Gavin Thorpe, Guy Haley ...

The first-ever Warhammer 40,000 encyclopedia is here.Dive into the vast universe of Warhammer 40,000 and explore miniatures from every faction, captured in all their glory through official photography. Follow key characters throughout the evolution of their models and experience in pinpoint detail the warriors who wage endless war across the ravaged galaxy of the 41st Millennium.Explore the ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

The first-ever Warhammer 40,000 encyclopedia is here.Dive into the vast universe of Warhammer 40,000 and explore miniatures from every faction, captured in all their glory through official photography. Follow key characters throughout the evolution of their models and experience in pinpoint detail the warriors who wage endless war across the ravaged galaxy of the 41st Millennium.Explore the
... Read more

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