Any good books about games theory?

[born_to_live]

I mean books about playing and winning games, not development. I am interested both in video games and board games. It would be great if you advise me smth to read!
Thanks!

[agirlwhowrites]

Are you interested in fiction? If you are then you should go for Warcross, by Marie Lu or Bash Bash Revolution, by Douglas Lain

[mariana90]

Do you mean as in strategy books to become a better player or the game theory behind the games?

If it's the second, you should research a man named Gonzalo Frasca, he has a PhD in Game Studies (here's his Wikipedia Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzalo_Frasca). He has written several books about the impact of games and the similarities of games and narrative.

[Erin Painter Baker]

For books about playing and winning video and board games, then you likely want to search for the specific game you are looking for. Game Theory as a field is an area of math and is most often used in economics.

If your goal is not to get better at a specific game, but get better at winning games against other people, you might try something like Doyle Brunson's Super System: A Course in Power Poker. Yes it's about poker specifically, but it's also going to be about how you determine odds and how to look for tells in the other players.