TITLE: How to start Game theory?
QUESTION [41 upvotes]: I recently got interested in Game Theory but I don't know where should I start.
Can anyone recommend any references and textbooks?
And what are the prerequisites of Game Thoery?
Thanks in advance.

REPLY [7 votes]: There is a new (well, the English translation is) book that treats both noncooperative and cooperative (but not combinatorial) game theory on a high level, is extremely well written, mathematically rigorous and fairly comprehensive: Game Theory by Michael Maschler, Eilon Solan, and Shmuel Zamir. For someone who knows some undergraduate real analysis and linear algebra, the book should be self contained (with a few exceptions, where reference literature is recommended in the book). The book doesn't contain everything (there is very little on refinements), but it contains enough to get one near the frontier of research fast.