A Place for All My Books cover
2025BGG rank #2,137

A Place for All My Books

by Alex Cutler, Michael Mihealsick · Smirk & Dagger Games

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Players1–4
Time40–60m
ComplexityMedium-Light
Age10+

About the game

What is A Place for All My Books?

A Place for All My Books is a puzzley book gathering, sorting, and organizing game in which players arrange stacks of books in different rooms of their apartment as personal projects. When done, they can admire their accomplishments and gain their rewards – not least of which is renewed energy, which they can then spend to head out into the village - to pick up more books! Over nine rounds, players visit locations and gather books to complete objectives and earn Victory Points. The player with the most Victory Points wins. The organizational puzzles are easy to accomplish, with the challenge being how many of them you can accomplish all at once to optimize each "admire" action. A Place for All My Books includes a solo mode in which you must beat the game's rival: Penelope Eveready, an untiring extrovert who seems to be grabbing all the books you had wanted. —description from the publisher

How it plays

Mechanics

Pattern BuildingSolo / Solitaire GameWorker Placement

On the shelf

Categories

Puzzle

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