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Collaborative Games: Lessons Learned From Board Games, Jose Zagal, Rick Jochen, Hsi Idris Dec 2005

Collaborative Games: Lessons Learned From Board Games, Jose Zagal, Rick Jochen, Hsi Idris

Jose P Zagal

Collaborative mechanisms are starting to become prominent in computer games, like massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs); however, by their nature, these games are difficult to investigate. Game play is often complex and the underlying mechanisms are frequently opaque. In contrast, board games are simple. Their game play is fairly constrained and their core mechanisms are transparent enough to analyze. In this article, the authors seek to understand collaborative games. Because of their simplicity, they focus on board games. The authors present an analysis of collaborative games. In particular, they focus on Reiner Knizia’s LORDOFTHERINGS, considered by many to be the …


Postcards From The Edge: Reference & Instruction For Film Studies [Presentation File], Nedda Ahmed Dec 2005

Postcards From The Edge: Reference & Instruction For Film Studies [Presentation File], Nedda Ahmed

Nedda H Ahmed

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Postcards From The Edge: Reference & Instruction For Film Studies [Resource List File], Nedda Ahmed Dec 2005

Postcards From The Edge: Reference & Instruction For Film Studies [Resource List File], Nedda Ahmed

Nedda H Ahmed

No abstract provided.