DMS 462/562: Game Design

Game analysis - Chapter 3

Due Thursday, September 27, 11:59pm

Choose an existing, professionally designed game to analyze. You will use this game for chapters 3, 4, & 5.

Create a Google doc for your writeup, and share it with me (depape@buffalo.edu)

Include in the document:

• title of the game
• designer of the game & year it was released
• a one-sentence description of the game
• a link to more information about the game; this should be either an official website, or a boardgamegeek.com page, Wikipedia page, or similar source

While reading chapter 3, apply the topics to your chosen game. In your writeup, describe each of these properties of the game:

• invitation to play
• number of players
• player roles
• player interaction pattern(s)
• objective(s)
• procedures
• some example rules:
  • one basic rule that's important to the game
  • how one object (or type of object) is defined
  • one restriction on player actions
• resources
• source of conflict
• boundaries
• possible outcomes