Characteristics of Games

Name: Characteristics of Games
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ISBN: 9780262017138

ISBN-10: 026201713X

ISBN-13: 9780262017138

Edition: 2012

Authors: George Skaff Elias, Richard Garfield, K. Robert Gutschera, Eric Zimmerman, Peter Whitley

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Characteristics of Games offers a new way to understand games: by focusing on certain traits--including number of players, rules, degrees of luck and skill needed, and reward/effort ratio--and using these characteristics as basic points of comparison and analysis. These issues are often discussed by game players and designers but seldom written about in any formal way. This book fills that gap. By emphasizing these player-centric basic concepts, the book provides a framework for game analysis from the viewpoint of a game designer. The book shows what all genres of games--board games, card games, computer games, and sports--have to teach each other. Today's game designers may find solutions…

Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 8/24/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English

Richard Garfield, mathematics professor and game designer, is the creator of many card games, including Magic: The Gathering, as well as the board game RoboRally.

Eric Zimmerman is a game designer, game design theorist, and co-founder and CEO of gameLab. He has taught at universities including MIT, the University of Texas, Parsons School of Design, New York University, Rhode Island School of Design, and the School of Visual Arts.



Foreword


Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Basics



Characteristic: Length of Playtime



Characteristic: Number of Players



Characteristic: Heuristics



Multiplayer Games



Characteristic: Player Elimination



Characteristic: Interactivity



Characteristic: Politics



Characteristic: Kingmaking



Characteristic: Teamwork



Infrastructure



Characteristic: Rules



Characteristic: Standards



Characteristic: Outcomes



Characteristic: Ending Conditions



Characteristic: Positional Asymmetry



Characteristic: Sensory Feedback



Games as Systems



Characteristic: Abstract Subgames and Essential Games-



Characteristic: Snowball and Catch-Up



Characteristic: Complexity Tree Growth and Game Arc



Characteristic: Game Balance and Strategic Collapse



Indeterminacy



Characteristic: Randomness



Characteristic: Luck and Skill



Characteristic: Hidden Information



Player Effort



Characteristic: Costs



Characteristic: Rewards



Characteristic: Downtime



Characteristic: Busywork



Characteristic: Reward/Effort Ratio



Superstructure



Characteristic: Metagame



Characteristic: Conceit/Motif



Characteristic: Spectation



Characteristic: Game Customization



Characteristic: Misbehavior



Characteristic: Play Lifetime



Appendixes



Von Neumann Came Theory



Combinatorial Game Theory



List of Games


Bibliography


Index