Journey to Gameland : How to Make a Board Game from Your Favorite Children's Book

by BUCHANAN BEN

• ISBN13: 9781930051515
• ISBN10: 1930051514
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: Rudolf Steiner Pr

Summary

Suggests ways to use the plot, themes, and characters of children's books to create an original board game, and provides advice on beginning and ending a game, developing complications, making the board and pieces, and other details.

Table of Contents

Invitation to Gameland	9	(2)
Letter to Grown-Ups: Parents, Teachers, Librarians and Other Travel Agents	11	(6)
Before You Go: How to Use This Book	17	(2)
What to Pack	19	(2)
Planning Your Trip	21	(3)
Following Your Mind's Journey	24	(3)
Consulting a Map: Determining the Beginning and End of Your Game	27	(3)
Destination. Where Are You Going? Choosing the Object of Your Board Game	30	(6)
Designing Your Route: Drawing Out Your Ideas by Creating a Board	36	(4)
The Scenic Route: The Details of Your Game	40	(5)
Who is Going? The Characters for the Game	45	(6)
How Do We Travel? Moving Along the Board	51	(5)
Tollways and Treasures	56	(8)
The Hazards of Traveling: Creating Complications	64	(7)
Double-Decker Highway: Taking Your Game to Another Level	71	(7)
Sightseeing: Finishing Your Board	78	(4)
Consulting the Guidebook: Writing Down Your Rules	82	(4)
Welcome to Gameland	86	(4)
Home Again: Having a ``Make Your Own Board Game'' Party	90	(7)
Appendix A: Finding Platform 9 3/4, the Rabbit Hole, or the Yellow Brick Road: Hints for Getting Started	97	(5)
Appendix B: Books for Parents, Teachers, and Librarians	102	(2)
Acknowledgments	104	(1)
One last letter! Write to Ben	105	(2)
Master of Gameland	107