by Richard H. Berg
In its never-ending search to provide Incisive Insight into gaming, our crack sales staff has scoured the Remainder Bins and Tag Sales to assemble the finest selection in home reading. "WHERE'S MIKEY?" In the spirit of "Where's Waldo?", this puzzle book provides wide-angle photos of a research library, game design seminars, writer's workshops, Mensa meetings, etc . Can YOU find Mike Crane somewhere . . .anywhere . . . in these photos. $5 million says you can't. (I wonder why?) "IRON DREAMS" Ty Bomba's long-awaited answer to the best-selling "Iron John", in which wargaming becomes part of the male "coming of age" ritual . . . Learn to embrace the Tree of Macho . . . walk down the Path of Ego . . . avoid the Pitfalls of Sissy-Boy Sense of Humor. . . and commune with the Teutonic Forefathers. Also, a sneak preview of Ty's bio, "Le Jeu, c'est moi!" "ALLO, LAFAYETTE, NOUS SOMMES RETOURNEES . . . MAIS OU NOUS SOMMES? " A light-hearted romp through Europe with famous tour guide, Kevin "Who Cares What Side of the River the City is On" Zucker and your translator, Ed "I'm on the Road to Mons" Wimble. If it's Tuesday, it May Be Belgium! . . . then again, with Kevin leading the way and old "Plus Disordre" himself reading the signs, it could be Albania! Say Ed, parlez-vous Macedonian? "BAG MAN: My Life on the Fringes of the GAMA NOSTRA", by Larry Baggett. See the Bag Man try to break into The Game Mob . . . Watch him blow away companies in an effort to become a "Made Designer" . . . See him take a "whack" at his own designs! . . . Get an Offer You Better Refuse . . .Learn the "Baggett Back-Out". Gripping, but simple . "THE MYTH OF PETER AND PAUL" by Keith Poulter. A handbook that shows you how to combine religion with financial acumen. The reader discovers the 8 key methods of borrowing from Peter, six ways to avoid paying Paul, and learning to live without opening your mail. Forward by Neil Bush and Robert Vesco. "YOU, TOO, CAN DESIGN GAMES AT HOME!" A Self-improvement book from Terry Shrum. Contains complete (well, sort of complete) instructions (then again, complete is a relative word . . the author shows how you don't have to do "complete" . . . ) on starting your own game company. No previous experience - or even signs of intelligence - necessary. Special chapter on "Development: the Holocaust that Doesn't Exist!!" A Skim Milk Publication. "LANCASTER PARK", the new novel by C.C. Cummins, featuring the adventures of Doc Decision and his team of typos, as they attempt to successfully clone gaming's great dinosaurs: the zine-eating Dunnisaurus, the huge Terrydactyl, the vicious Simoraptor, and the lumbering Isbydon. See the characters eaten alive by their own creations as mad scientist, Prof. Common Miranda, attempts vainly to find an answer!! Soon to be a minor motion picture, with Joe Pesci as Miranda, Wally Cox as Doc Decision, Donald Pleasance as The KP Man, Ollie North as Der Bomber, . . . and a guest appearance by Andy Griffiths as Larry Baggett. "QUEEN VICTORIA'S SECRET", a shop-at-home catalogue for late-19th century, field-wear lingerie. Recommended especially for far-away climes, where not only the natives get restless. A special pull-out section features our best-selling items, such as the Bangalor Bustierre, matching nightwear saying "Isandlwanna" (his) and "Isandontwanna" (hers), and our special T-Shirts emblazoned with, "I Got Sick from a Sikh". For purchase information and group discounts, call 1-800-DUD-BOOK Back to Berg's Review of Games Vol. II #3 Table of Contents Back to Berg's Review of Games List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1999 by Richard Berg This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com |