Design Elements of Contemporary Strategy Games

Design Elements of Contemporary Strategy Games introduces the reader to contemporary European strategy games, including themes, typology, and game mechanics. For more than 130 board games, we give full descriptions of rules structures. Extensive sets of metatags supporting a thorough index and Appendix permit readers to locate games by type, theme, and mechanic. Design Elements presents the game design advice of more than famous game designers, as refined from Tom Vasel's extensive interviews of more than 100 famous gaming personalities. Design Elements is a textbook, not just a monograph. More than 130 Project Problems give opportunities for individual and group efforts to sharpen design skills.