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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.

1
Game Writing▲73
Narrative Skills for Videogames
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
2
The Oxford History of Board Games▲73
Investigates the myriad board games around the world
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
3
Happy Mitten - 39: Board Games, Business, and GenCon 2014▲52
The motherlode of all board game industry interviews
2016 · happymittengames.com · its alternatives →
4
Theory of Fun for Game Design▲67
Thoughts on the most important element of any game's design
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
5
Happy Mitten - 33½: Board Games, Business, and Origins 2014▲51
Interviews and highlights from the Origins Game Fair 2014
2016 · happymittengames.com · its alternatives →
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Happy Mitten - 37: Board Games, Business, and Protospiel Ann Arbor▲51
Interviews and play testing with designers and publishers
2016 · happymittengames.com · its alternatives →
7
Games People Play▲65
The basic handbook of transactional analysis
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
8
Happy Mitten - 35: Board Games, Business, and Andrew Federspiel▲51
Pulling off a career change into the board game industry
2016 · happymittengames.com · its alternatives →
9
Getting Gamers▲58
The psychology of video games
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
10
Battlecade▲87
A portable vintage gaming concept for two
2015 · lovehulten.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 · happymittengames.com · its alternatives →
12
The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses▲72
Ryan Hoover's fave book on The Twenty Minute VC
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
13
Happy Mitten - 33: Board Games, Business, and Scott Almes▲52
Going from first time designer to published and full time
2016 · happymittengames.com · its alternatives →
14
Play Well - 7: Creating Your Own Narrative with Nina Freeman▲58
Discussions around Cibele, romance in games, and pricing
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
15
21st Century Game Design▲83
Who are we designing games for and how do we do it best?
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Memoire En Code▲82
An autobiography told through a series of interactive games
2015 · alexkalopsia.itch.io · its alternatives →
17
Wordcrex▲66
The first fair word game challenge
2016 · wordcrex.com · its alternatives →
18
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 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
20
From Barbie to Mortal Kombat▲67
Explores the complicated issue of gender in computer games
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
21
Tom Clancy's The Division: New York Collapse▲58
An interactive field guide to expand the popular video game
2016 · amazon.com · 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 · happymittengames.com · its alternatives →
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Anagram▲84
A modern take on a classic game.
2016 · its alternatives →
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P1xel and the Silver Sphinx▲53
The text adventure based on the album of the same name
2015 · its alternatives →

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