Designing Modern Strategy Games (Studies in Game Design Book 1)
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (775 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0738WT49H |
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| Number of Pages | : | 131 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
For instructors, an Appendix includes the day-by-day course plans for three offerings of author Phillies' precedent-breaking university course "Design of Tabletop Board Wargames".Phillies and Vasel's book, the second edition of Phillies and Vasel's 2006 text, opens with an inspiring essay by Greg Costikyan. "Designing Modern Strategy Games" can also be used as a textbook; it includes more than 100 game design projects. It proceeds through a synoptic analysis of game design elements, recommendations of great
Interesting but not as useful as it sounded Lance LeClaire It's an interesting overview of modern strategy board games, and contains a helpful chapter that summarizes the rules of many popular games, but it does little to help an aspiring SG designer learn how to formulate rules when creating their own games. I had hoped to learn how to assign stats to game pieces and keep them in balance with each other,. More than a textbook. Like a well written surrogate, there are several ways to use this book. Most importantly, this is a good survey of fast playing strategy games. It is also a lure encouraging one to have thoughts of writing your own. It makes you crave the joy of playing some good board games. Woven into the information is also a first person account of modern gami. "Too general" according to Robby. I am expecting more details and concrete examplesbut still OK as you still can find a lot of gems inside