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YOUR TURN!: THE GUIDE TO GREAT TABLETOP GAME DESIGN

Scott Rogers



Copyright  2024 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.

Illustrations in this book are  Scott Rogers, 2023

Game designs in this book (Sequence Dice, Pack of Thieves, Order Up! Scram! Riverside,

Dungeon Crawlers) are  Scott Rogers, 2023



All Rights Reserved. This translation published under license with the original publisher John Wiley & Sons,

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