Art Direction work. Cover design and interior layouts styling work.
Hardback title printed with a Silver Pantone finish on front and back cover.
Published worldwide in September 2019.
Ian Livingstone liked the final product - it is always special when the author is happy with the printed book!
Contents
A timeline of the 100 most influential games in chronological order
WOOD AND STONE: The first chapter opener
CHECK PLEASE: The origins of the world's greatest games
The 'Golden Goose' game, a spread from PAPER AND PRINT chapter
CAMPAIGN GAMES: In the 1900s the battle lines are drawn - on and off the board (Pank-A-Squith spiral race board)
MONOPOLIES AND MERGERS: The Checkered Game Of Life
THE PLAY'S THE THING: Kick starting an explosion of games
"VENARI LAVARI; LUDERE RIDERE; OCCEST VIVERE": To hunt, to bathe; to game; to laugh; this is to live - inscription on a Ludus Duodecim Scripta board found at Timgad, Algeria, around 100CE. Enjoy the book!
So which cover designs did not make the cut? Here is a selection of my favourite 'rejected' ones.