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A reference companion to the museum — curated topic sections that go deeper on the subjects behind the collection. Every entry, image, and fact is drawn from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.
Game Mechanics
The building blocks designers reach for — deck-building and cooperative play, dice, cards, tabletop and party formats, role-playing and puzzles.
9 entriesClassic & Traditional Games
The games that came before the modern hobby boom — Shogi, checkers, mahjong, dominoes, cribbage, and the card and tile games people still play today.
10 entriesGame Theory & Strategy
The ideas behind good decisions at the table — game theory, perfect information, zero-sum play, minimax, and the mathematicians who worked it all out.
7 entriesDesigners & Culture
The people and institutions behind modern board gaming — designers, the Spiel des Jahres award, conventions, and the hobby's own reference community.
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