Table of Contents
Unit 1 - Core Concepts
Unit 2 - Rules
Unit 3 - Play
Unit 4 - Culture

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Rules of Play — Game Design Fundamentals
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1 - What Is This Book About?
Chapter 2 - The Design Process
Unit 1 - Core Concepts
Chapter 3 - Meaningful Play
Chapter 4 - Design
Chapter 5 - Systems
Chapter 6 - Interactivity
Chapter 7 - Defining Games
Chapter 8 - Defining Digital Games
Chapter 9 - The Magic Circle
Chapter 10 - The Primary Schemas
Commissioned Game 1 — Richard Garfield
Unit 2 - Rules
Chapter 11 - Defining Rules
Chapter 12 - Rules on Three Levels
Chapter 13 - The Rules of Digital Games
Chapter 14 - Games as Emergent Systems
Chapter 15 - Games as Systems of Uncertainty
Chapter 16 - Games as Information Theory Systems
Chapter 17 - Games as Systems of Information
Chapter 18 - Games as Cybernetic Systems
Chapter 19 - Games as Game Theory Systems
Chapter 20 - Games as Systems of Conflict
Chapter 21 - Breaking the Rules
Commissioned Game 2 — Ironclad
Unit 3 - Play
Chapter 22 - Defining Play
Chapter 23 - Games as the Play of Experience
Chapter 24 - Games as the Play of Pleasure
Chapter 25 - Games as the Play of Meaning
Chapter 26 - Games as Narrative Play
Chapter 27 - Games as the Play of Simulation
Chapter 28 - Games as Social Play
Commissioned Game 3 — Sneak
Unit 4 - Culture
Chapter 29 - Defining Culture
Chapter 30 - Games as Cultural Rhetoric
Chapter 31 - Games as Open Culture
Chapter 32 - Games as Cultural Resistance
Chapter 33 - Games as Cultural Environment
Commissioned Game 4 — Caribbean Star
Bibliography
List of Games Cited
Index
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Sidebars