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First Look at The Infinite Board Game

First Look at The Infinite Board Game
From gallery of W Eric Martin
Today is International TableTop Day, as decreed by Geek & Sundry, the folks behind Wil Wheaton's TableTop series of game demonstration videos, and you may or may not be participating in a TableTop event right now. (If you are, then it's probably your turn, so put down your phone and make a move!)

Me, I'm planning to play a few games with my family, but I thought that I'd also take the time to show off The Infinite Board Game, a collection of piecepack games being released by Workman Publishing on September 22, 2015.

As I noted in this Aug. 2014 BGGN post, Workman contacted piecepack creator James Kyle about assembling a collection of piecepack games, and Kyle then passed my name to Workman as I had created a proposal for such a project in the mid-2000s. That project is now nearing completion, with Workman editor Daniel Nayeri and me (and others) checking the final proof of the text in mid-April and the project then going into production by the end of April.

The Infinite Board Game includes a 160-page softcover book that includes rules for roughly fifty games, with each game having a double-page spread (and more pages when needed) that lays out the rules, includes diagrams and set-up information, and is dressed up with a fun illustration. In the book, the games are divided into categories such as classic, solitaire, and dexterity. The Infinite Board Game comes packaged with a redesigned version of the piecepack; I haven't seen the test versions of the pieces in person, but the image below shows a mock-up of the piecepack components (as well as the book), and I love the look that Workman has chosen. Very curious to see this project on shelves in the months ahead and find out what people think about the collection!

From gallery of W Eric Martin

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