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24 alternatives to Britsoft: An Oral History

A collective story of the early British games industry

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Britsoft: An Oral History launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Game Writing▲73

   Narrative Skills for Videogames

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The Oxford History of Board Games▲73

   Investigates the myriad board games around the world

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Happy Mitten - 39: Board Games, Business, and GenCon 2014▲52

   The motherlode of all board game industry interviews

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Happy Mitten - 33½: Board Games, Business, and Origins 2014▲51

   Interviews and highlights from the Origins Game Fair 2014

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Happy Mitten - 4: Board Games, Business, and Grant Rodiek▲52

   Game designer's experience on getting a game published

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Happy Mitten - 37: Board Games, Business, and Protospiel Ann Arbor▲51

   Interviews and play testing with designers and publishers

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Games People Play▲65

   The basic handbook of transactional analysis

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Happy Mitten - 35: Board Games, Business, and Andrew Federspiel▲51

   Pulling off a career change into the board game industry

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Battlecade▲87

   A portable vintage gaming concept for two

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10AO
    An Open Retro RPG Game Maker in Python▲215

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Happy Mitten - 28: Board Games, Business, and Protospiel Milwaukee▲53

    Interviewing makers at the Milwaukee game design convention

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses▲72

    Ryan Hoover's fave book on The Twenty Minute VC

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Happy Mitten - 33: Board Games, Business, and Scott Almes▲52

    Going from first time designer to published and full time

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Shape▲81

    A letter shaping game

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Wordcrex▲66

    The first fair word game challenge

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Web Rewind▲98

    An interactive journey through 30 years of the web

    Mar 2026 · web-rewind.com · its alternatives →

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    Brickies▲87

    A fresh and colorful take on the classic breakout game

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    From Barbie to Mortal Kombat▲67

    Explores the complicated issue of gender in computer games­

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Tom Clancy's The Division: New York Collapse▲58

    An interactive field guide to expand the popular video game

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Happy Mitten - 38: Board Games, Business, and Lessons Learned▲52

    Magnifying faults to improve efficacy as a game publisher

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Anagram▲84

    A modern take on a classic game.

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Happy Mitten - 40: Board Games, Business, and Matt & Stephanie from Shark and Shark Games▲54

    Comparing video game development and PR to board games

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Happy Mitten - 27: Board Games, Business, and Michael Coe of Gamelyn Games▲51

    Reflections on an epic Kickstarter campaign for a tiny game

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Decode and Conquer▲69

    Answers to product management interviews

    2015 · its alternatives →

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