Ludology 218 - Building Games, Bit By Bit

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Emma and Gil welcome Geoff Engelstein and Isaac Shalev back to the show to discuss their new book Building Blocks of Tabletop Game Design. This is a reference of board game mechanisms that any designer, new or experienced, can use to look up different tools they can use to solve problems in game design.

Games and other things mentioned in this episode:

19m30s:

Kraftwagen
Glen More
Francis Drake
Egezia
High Rise

19m39s:

Opinionated Gamers article on time track vs. one-way track
Patchwork
Thebes
Tokaido
Tutankhamen

22m13s:

Impulse

23m11s:

Great Western Trail

33m55s:

Empire Builder

35m22s:

Monopoly
Sushi Go
Advanced Squad Leader

41m07s:

BoardGameGeek official mechanism page

51m30s:

Diplomacy

52m10s:

Republic of Rome
Cutthroat Caverns

53m07s:

Prisoner's Dilemma

54m27s:

Catan

55m55s:

Interview with Donald X. Vaccharino about theme, mechanism, and data

1h04m54s:

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