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Characteristics of games / George Skaff Elias, Richard Garfield, and K. Robert Gutschera ; foreword by Eric Zimmerman ; drawings by Peter Whitley.

By: Elias, George SkaffContributor(s): Garfield, Richard | Gutschera, Karl Robert, 1964- | Whitley, PeterMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT Press, 2012Description: 320 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 9780262017138 (hbk.) :; 026201713X (hbk.) :Subject(s): Games -- Design and construction | Games -- Rules | Game theory | Hobbies and GamesDDC classification: 793 Summary: This title offers a new way to understand games by focusing on certain traits - including number of players, rules, degrees of luck and skill needed, and reward/effort ratio - and using these characteristics as basic points of comparison and analysis.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This title offers a new way to understand games by focusing on certain traits - including number of players, rules, degrees of luck and skill needed, and reward/effort ratio - and using these characteristics as basic points of comparison and analysis.

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