The best games book ever-for kids and the whole family, from the team that bought us the critically acclaimed, award-winning, best-selling UNBORED: The Essential Field Guide to Serious Fun UNBORED Games has all the smarts, creativity, and DIY spirit of the original UNBORED (It's a book! It's a guide! It's a way of life! -Los Angeles Magazine), but with a laser-like focus on the activities we all do for pure fun, to while away a rainy day, to test our skills and stretch our imaginations-games. Covering the full gambit and then some, from old-fashioned favorites to today's high-tech games, the book offers a gold mine of creative, constructive fun: Complicated Clapping Games, Bike Rodeo, Google Earth Challenges, Croquet Golf, Climate Change Games, Capture the Flag, and the Best Ever Apps to Play with Grandma, to name only a handful. Gaming is a whole culture for kids to explore, and the book will be complete with gaming history and interviews with awesome game designers. The lesson here: all games can be self-customized, or hacked. You can even make up your own games. Some could even change the world. The original UNBORED is already a much beloved, distinctly contemporary family brand. UNBORED Games will extend the franchise and be followed by UNBORED Adventure, both in the new handy, flexibound format. Soon, there will be a whole shelf of serious fun the whole family can enjoy indoors, outdoors, online and offline. About the Author: Joshua Glenn is editor of the website HiLobrow, and coauthor and coeditor of several books. In 2011, he produced Ker-Punch!, a brainteaser iPhone app for kids. He lives in Boston with his wife and two sons. He is the co-author of Unbored: The Essential Field Guide to Serious Fun Elizabeth Foy Larsen is a writer and editor whose stories on children and families have appeared in numerous national publications, including theNew York Times, Slate, and Parents. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband, daughter, and two sons. She is the co-author of Unbored: The Essential Field Guide to Serious Fun. Designed by Tony Leone. Illustrated by Heather Kasunick and Mister Reusch.

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UNBORED Games has all the smarts, creativity, and DIY spirit of the original UNBORED ("It's a book It's a guide It's a way of life " -Los Angeles Magazine), but with a laser-like focus on the activities we do for pure fun: to while away a rainy day, to test our skills and stretch our imaginations-games. There are more than seventy games here, 50 of them all new, plus many more recommendations, and they cover the full gambit, from old-fashioned favorites to today's high-tech games. The book offers a gold mine of creative, constructive fun: intricate clapping games, bike rodeo, Google Earth challenges, croquet golf, capture the flag, and the best ever apps to play with Grandma, to name only a handful. Gaming is a whole culture for kids to explore, and the book will be complete with gaming history and interviews with awesome game designers. The lessons here: all games can be self-customized, or hacked. You can even make up your own games. Some could even change the world.

The original UNBORED has taken its place as a much beloved, distinctly contemporary family brand. UNBORED Games extends the franchise -- also including UNBORED Adventure -- in a new handy flexibound format, illustrated in full color throughout. This is a whole shelf of serious fun the whole family can enjoy indoors, outdoors, online and offline.