Puzzles & Games

Chess takes a lifetime to master . . . but this innovative teaching guide by Brian Byfield and Gray Jolliffe will have you playing the game with confidence in just ten minutes. Armed with this clever advice on moving your pieces, smart strategies and tactics, cautions about common pitfalls, and suggestions for traps to spring on the unwary, you'll be amazed at how quickly your opponents start to l

Get the party started with your buddies and a travel-size kit of drinking-game fun! This packed party kit includes everything you need to add excitement to an otherwise run-of-the-mill bar night. Mini kit includes: - Shot glass - Standard dice - "Dirty" dice - Deck of cards with 48 drinking games - 16-page book

As a celebration of the vast and influential history of Magic: The Gathering, this collection of 100 postcards features fifty unique illustrations instantly recognisable by fans.

This revised and expanded second edition of the bestselling The Game Console contains brand new content, with coverage of 50 more consoles, variants, and accessories in 50 added pages. The Game Console 2.0 is a gorgeous coffee table book for geeks and gamers that brings together highly detailed photos of more than 100 video game consoles and their electronic interiors spanning nearly five decades.

An illustrated guide to the history and evolution of the beloved role-playing game told through the paintings, sketches, illustrations, and visual ephemera behind its creation, growth, and continued popularity.

POCKET-SIZE CHARADES: This cute, compact tin is filled with 200 charades prompts from books, movies, television shows, and songs.

Immerse yourself in the scene of Italian style with this 1000 piece puzzle from internationally renowned fashion illustrator Megan Hess

Jane Austen's classic tale of love overcoming preconceptions centres on the two eldest daughters of the Bennet family: Jane and Elizabeth. Elizabeth has to fend off an unwelcome offer of marriage from the Rev. Collins, while mistakenly falling for the charms of the dashing Mr Wickham, before realising that appearances are deceptive and that her prejudice against Mr Darcy has blinded her to his r

1000-piece jigsaw puzzle of an iconic London illustration from book designer and artist Brian Cook.

1000-piece jigsaw puzzle of an iconic New York illustration, inspired by classic Batsford book covers of the 1930s and 40s

Put the pieces together to reveal the true stories of the women of Greek Myth. Writer, broadcaster and a rock star mythologist, Natalie Haynes revisits the classics to inspire this striking 1,000-piece puzzle, illustrated by Natalie Foss.

Time for you and your partner to get hot under the collar with this saucy, sexy collection of naughty games for adults Even if your sex life is already dynamite, you'll find plenty of rude and raunchy fun inside this book to get your pulse racing and your pleasure centres tingling. Don't settle for a "vanilla" time - go on a "Pleasure Hunt" for some "Good Vibrations" and get "Wet 'N' Wild" whil

Having learnt the basic moves, how exactly should a player improve? In this much loved classic, Irving Chernev explains 33 complete games in detail, telling the reader the reason for every single move. Playing through these games and explanations gives a real insight into the power of the pieces and how to post them most effectively.

Tabula Mortem follows in the tradition of spirit boards yet offers a new approach for establishing contact with the spirit realm. The attractively designed board taps into elemental energy and communicates through a system of ancient symbolic cave runes. The unique planchette can also be used as a pendulum. Includs 84-page guidebook.