The Meeple Guild - Graphic novel ties to mini game world
When it comes to board games, there are several examples where games have been plucked out of books. A recent example would be when author Patrick Rothfuss teamed with game designer James Ernest to create Tak that was initially mentioned in Rothfuss’ book; ‘The Wise Man’s Fear’. That game is one of the best of the last decade. And of course there is Jetan, a form of chess drawn from Edgar Rice Burroughs’ novel The Chessmen of Mars which dates back to 1922, and is quite playable although you do need to ‘bodger’ your own set of pieces. While games do come out of books, they al...
Source: yorktonthisweek.com