Build your own HTML5 board game.

If you are looking for a good book in HTML5 gaming that uses pure javascript with no gaming libraries whatsoever check out the following link. You will find a very good introduction to HTML5 game development as well as information on how to build a good framework for a board game that takes advantage of all the HTML5 goodies. You will also find out how to turn your game  into a well behaved WebApp for mobile devices. Lot's of the knowledge will get will be useful for building HTML5 game in the Windows 8 platform.