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Characteristics of Games

By George Skaff Elias, Richard Garfield, K. Robert Gutschera, Eric Zimmerman (Foreword by), Peter Whitley (Illustrator)
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By George Skaff Elias, Richard Garfield, K. Robert Gutschera, Eric Zimmerman (Foreword by), Peter Whitley (Illustrator)
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Understanding games—whether computer games, card games, board games, or sports—by analyzing certain common traits.

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 f...

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