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A bookshelf game, sometimes known as a bookcase game, is a style of boardgame published mostly in the 1970s and 1980s. [1]

The two best-known examples of bookshelf games are a series by 3M and much of Avalon Hill's catalog of the 1980s. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Arnaudo, Marco (2020-07-14). "Bookshelf, Bookcase, Bookcase-Like". ROMchip. 2 (1).