Building Blocks of Tabletop Game Design

Description:

This book compiles hundreds of tabletop gaming mechanisms, organized by category. Each mechanism includes a description of how it works, a discussion of its pros and cons, a discussion of how it can be implemented, and examples of specific games that use it. This book aims to be used as a starting point for beginning game designers, as well as a guidebook for more experienced gamers.--adapted from publisher's description.

subjects: Board games,  Design and construction,  COMPUTERS,  General,  Computer Graphics,  Game Programming & Design