Book review: Characteristics of Games (George Skaff Elias, Richard Garfield, K. Robert Gutschera)
A “meticulous book about the design of games”, this MIT-published textbook based on a college-level course makes the case that “games are valuable because are a fundamental form of human expression”. The focus here is on “looking...
Book review: Building Blocks of Tabletop Game Design: An Encyclopedia of Mechanisms
I’ve been meaning to review more of the books I’ve been reading behind the scenes. Since Building Blocks first came out in June 2019, I was initially hesitant to buy this book, not because of the authors or the subject, but because of the price tag — about $50...
Kickstarter Preview: ‘Fail Faster’ playtesting journal
Part of good playtesting means taking notes, and for better or worse that means a paper notebook. (No way my laptop leaves my house unless it has to, and typing notes into a tablet or smartphone is too slow.) For most of the last two years, I’ve used small...
Game design 101: 11 great books about game design to read
There’s no shortage of books written about game design or how to make board games — in fact, every time I look for something new to read, there’s usually a new one I hadn’t heard of before. This isn’t not an exhaustive list, but aims to curate...Fast. Fun. Easy to play.
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