Game Design

Brathwaite, Brenda, and Ian Schreiber. Challenges for Game Designers: Non­digital Exercises for Video Game Designers . Cengage Learning, 2008. ISBN: 9781584505808.

Salen, Katie, and Eric Zimmerman. Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals . MIT Press, 2003. ISBN: 9780262240451.

[CGD] = Brathwaite, Brenda, and Ian Schreiber. Challenges for Game Designers: Non­digital Exercises for Video Game Designers . Cengage Learning, 2008. ISBN: 9781584505808.

[CGD] Chapter 1: “The Basics.”

Norman, Donald. “The Psychopathology of Everyday Things.” In The Design of Everyday Things . Basic Books, 2002. ISBN: 9780465067107.

Partlett, David. “The Role of Dice.” In The Oxford History of Board Games . Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN: 9780192129987.

Norman, Donald. “Knowing What To Do.” In The Design of Everyday Things . Basic Books, 2002. ISBN: 9780465067107.

SES #: 8 · TOPICS & ACTIVITIES: Assignment 1 report and changelog due · READINGS: [CGD] Chapter 2: “Game Design Atoms.”

SES #: 10 · TOPICS & ACTIVITIES: History of American Board Games · READINGS: Orbanes, Philip. “Learning the Game 1898-1910.” In The Game Makers: The History of Parker Brothers, from Tiddledy Winks to Trivial Pursuit . Harvard Business Review Press, 2003. ISBN: 9781591392699.

Partlett, David. “Welcome Aboard.” In The Oxford History of Board Games ." Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN: 9780192129987.

SES #: 14 · TOPICS & ACTIVITIES: Adding and Cutting Mechanics · READINGS: [CGD] Chapter 14: “Adding and Subtracting Mechanics.”

Partlett, David. “Space Control” and “Corner Your Fauna.” In The Oxford History of Board Games ." Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN: 9780192129987.