I been working on some board game design, and found this engaging book by Geoffrey Engelstein & Isaac Shalev

I been working on some board game design, and found this engaging book by Geoffrey Engelstein & Isaac Shalev

The book is basically a Design Pattern guide to modern Tabletop games, breaking down into type, movement, features, and such, with contemporary examples.

https://www.routledge.com/Building-Blocks-of-Tabletop-Game-Design-An-Encyclopedia-of-Mechanisms/Engelstein-Shalev/p/book/9781032015811

Link to list of other books on wargame designs: https://paxsims.wordpress.com/about/research-bibliography/