@daringfireball i forgot the name, but there was a game, where you had pins with different colors which you positioned in a hidden area and another person needed to guess colors and positions. That was an awesome game and as far as i remember it was also by "Parker".
@daringfireball there's a bit about graphic design and board games in Chip Kidd’s “The Cheese Monkeys” (possibly the only novel about graphic designers I've aware of). Highly recommended.