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ANNOTATIONS: 《The Game Inventor's Guidebook: How to Invent and Sell Board Games, Card Games, Role-Playing Games, \u0026 Everything in Between!》\n\nThese are [annotations](annotations/) — quotations, comments, notes, etc  — by [Charles Iliya Krempeaux](http://changelog.ca/) on **Brian Tinsman**'s 2008 book 《The Game Inventor's Guidebook: How to Invent and Sell Board Games, Card Games, Role-Playing Games, \u0026 Everything in Between!》.\n\n## Table of Contents\n* Forward\n* [Section 1: How They Did It](annotations/section_1/)\n  * Chapter 1: Trivial Pursuit\n  * Chapter 2: Magic: The Gathering\n  * Chapter 3: Dungeons And Dragons\n  * [Chapter 4: The Pokemon Trading Card Game](annotations/section_1/chapter_4/)\n  * [Chapter 5: Interview With An Inventor](annotations/section_1/chapter_5/)\n  * [Chapter 6: Interview With A Publisher](annotations/section_1/chapter_6/)\n* [Section 2: How The Industry Works](annotations/section_2/)\n  * [Chapter 7: What's In It For You?](annotations/section_2/chapter_7/)\n  * Chapter 8: How New Games Happen\n  * Chapter 9: Anatomy of a Publisher\n  * Chapter 10: Markets For Games\n* Section 3: Games And Companies Your Should Know\n* Section 4: Self_Publishing\n* Section 5: Selling A Game Step By Step\n* Section 6: Details And Resources\n\n## Who Should Read This Book\n\nThis book is relevant to a broader audience than just who this book was specifically written for.\n\nThis book was specifically written for **game designers**, and **game developers** who create physical games — such as board games, and card games, etc.\nAnd of course this book is written relevant to them.\n\nBut, broadly speaking, there are 2 (other) groups of people who I think *could* benefit from reading this book:…\n\n№1: **entrepreneurs**, **people at startups**, **people who create and develop products \u0026 services**. This includes **people in Tech** — or **I.T.** for those outside of Canada, and the U.S.\n\n№2: **(electronic) video game designers**, **(electronic) video game developers**.\n\nOf course, there are some parts of the book that are a bit outdated.\nAnd there are some parts of the book that are very very specific to making physical games (such as board games, card games, etc).\n\nBut a lot of it is relevant outside of the designing, and developing of physical games.\n\nAnd a lot of it is relevant in making products, and services in general (that have nothing to do with games).\n\nAt the time I read this book, I am someone who had been in the Tech industry — or I.T. for those living outside of Canada, and the U.S. — for 20 to 25 years, depending on how you count it.\nSomeone who has been in the (electronic) video game industry a number of times.\nAnd someone who has created a number of startups, and companies.\n\nTo me, the way this book describes how physical games are created sounds similar to how Tech startups, and Tech companies are created.\n\nWhich is not surprising to me, as developing physical games is just a specific instance of developing products.\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Freiver%2Fthe-game-inventors-guidebook","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Freiver%2Fthe-game-inventors-guidebook","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Freiver%2Fthe-game-inventors-guidebook/lists"}