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What's in a Game?

Classification and Organization - AKA the best stuff

Mechanics

Basic Classification

Game Type - What the game look like (on table eg. cards, boards)

Game Goals - How you win the game

Solo Play - How you play this game solo

Game Type

Game Type

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Goals

Goals

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Solo Play

Solo Play

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Deep Classification

Target/Audience - Who is expected to play and why are they playing?

Themes - familiar thematic and locational elements that create a common classification for the game.

Type - A combination of mechanics that are often found in particular genres (sub-genre) but can cross boundaries.

Mechanics - what you do during the game, how you play the game. Limited to top six per game (arbitrarily).

Goal - what type of goals are there.

Movement - how do you move.

Components - what fun things it uses (only the fun ones are listed).

Activies - what you do during the came

Tags - What the game includes (Example Has:Cats)

Adaptation - The board game is or has a derivative in another media.

Animals - There are animals in this game.

Creatures - There are supernatural, exotic creatures in this game.

Theme - Overarching settings or feel for the game. (Move Out)

Transportation - The game focuses on transportation.

Seasonal - The game has a seasonal theme or is multi-season

Subject - The game is about: XYZ.

Style - The art is a particular style.

Locations - where the game is located.

Time Period - when the game is located.

Target/Audience

Target/Audience

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Theme

Theme

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Type

Type

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