In this GDC 2012 talk, EA/Maxis’ Stone Librande discusses a series of card and board games he’s developed that are not only designed to entertain, but also to teach the fundamentals of game design.
Stone describes the evolution of the games he’s developed and talks about the underlying lessons contained in each one.
For example, each one of the games covers a specific topic such as writing rule systems, choosing goals, tuning opposition, or balancing asymmetric systems.
It was an insightful talk that’s still worth watching, so developers shouldn’t miss the opportunity to do so now that it’s freely available on the official GDC YouTube channel!
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