File 13 (board game)

File 13 (board game)

"File 13", "The Game Inventor's Game", is a board game created by Tom Wham. "File 13" first appeared in "Dragon Magazine #72" and was later re-released by TSR, Inc. in the boxed set "Best of the Dragon Magazine Games".

"File 13" is an exaggerated simulation of the process of getting games published by a mythical game company called The Great Game Company in the Sky. It is implied that this fictional company is a reflection of TSR.

The name "File 13" refers to a trash can — where, it is implied, most game ideas end up.

External links

* [http://www.tomwham.com/file13.html "File 13"] on Tom Wham's Web site
*bgg|2916|"File 13"


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