Game Magic

Game Magic
Author: Jeff Howard
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2014-04-22
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1466567872

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Make More Immersive and Engaging Magic Systems in GamesGame Magic: A Designer's Guide to Magic Systems in Theory and Practice explains how to construct magic systems and presents a compendium of arcane lore, encompassing the theory, history, and structure of magic systems in games and human belief. The author combines rigorous scholarly analysis wi

The Magic of Games

The Magic of Games
Author: UWK
Publisher: Edition Donau-Universität Krems
Total Pages: 425
Release: 2022-10-25
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3903150975

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The 15th Vienna Gamens Conference "The Future and Reality of Gaming" (FROG) 2021 has explored how magic and games seem almost inextricably intertwined. This volume collects 17 contributions that have emerged from the conference, and which together form a multi-faceted examination of the "Magic of Games".

The Magic Circle: Principles of Gaming & Simulation

The Magic Circle: Principles of Gaming & Simulation
Author: Jan H.G. Klabbers
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9087903103

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The purpose of this unique book is to outline the core of game science by presenting principles underlying the design and use of games and simulations. Game science covers three levels of discourse: the philosophy of science level, the science level, and the application or practical level. The framework presented will help to grasp the interplay between forms of knowledge and knowledge content, interplay that evolves through the action of the players.

Card Night

Card Night
Author: Will Roya
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2021-07-13
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0762473525

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Learn when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em with Card Night, a collection of 52 classic card games, including rules and strategies. Featuring step-by-step, illustrated instructions, and two indexes that organize each game by difficulty and number of players needed, Card Night includes directions for playing all the most popular card games, including Hearts and Bridge, Rummy and Go Fish. In addition to providing the rules of standard game play, Card Night also details the fascinating stories and peculiarities behind some of the world's most famous card decks, some of which were used as currency, tools for propaganda, and even as a means for sending coded messages. Offering one game for each week of the year, Card Night is the go-to companion for weekly game nights, long car rides, and rainy days spent at home. Wow your friends and family with your game playing prowess and keep them entertained with fascinating details from playing card history.

Quests

Quests
Author: Jeff Howard
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2008-01-24
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1439880816

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This unique take on quests, incorporating literary and digital theory, provides an excellent resource for game developers. Focused on both the theory and practice of the four main aspects of quests (spaces, objects, actors, and challenges) each theoretical section is followed by a practical section that contains exercises using the Neverwinter Nigh

Games and Rules

Games and Rules
Author: Beat Suter
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2019-03-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3839443040

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Why do we play games and why do we play them on computers? The contributors of »Games and Rules« take a closer look at the core of each game and the motivational system that is the game mechanics. Games are control circuits that organize the game world with their (joint) players and establish motivations in a dedicated space, a »Magic Circle«, whereas game mechanics are constructs of rules designed for interactions that provide gameplay. Those rules form the base for all the excitement and frustration we experience in games. This anthology contains individual essays by experts and authors with backgrounds in Game Design and Game Studies, who lead the discourse to get to the bottom of game mechanics in video games and the real world - among them Miguel Sicart and Carlo Fabricatore.

War of the Spark: Forsaken (Magic: The Gathering)

War of the Spark: Forsaken (Magic: The Gathering)
Author: Greg Weisman
Publisher: Del Rey
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2019-11-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1984817957

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Return to the multiverse of Magic: The Gathering as the hunt for Liliana Vess is on in the aftermath of the War of the Spark. The Planeswalkers have defeated Nicol Bolas and saved the Multiverse—though at grave cost. The living have been left to pick up the pieces and mourn the dead. But one loss is almost too great to bear: Gideon Jura, champion of justice and shield of the Gatewatch, is gone. As his former comrades Jace and Chandra struggle to rebuild from this tragedy, their future, like the future of the Gatewatch, remains uncertain. As the Gatewatch’s newest member, Kaya aims to help write that future. In joining, she pledged an oath to protect the living and the dead, but now that oath will be tested. The grieving guild masters of Ravnica have tasked her with a grave mission suited to her talents as a hunter and assassin—a mission she is ordered to keep secret from the Gatewatch. She must track down and exact retribution on the traitor Liliana Vess. But Liliana Vess has no interest in being found. Forsaken by her friends, she fled Ravnica after the defeat of Bolas. She was hostage to his wicked will, forced to assist in his terrible atrocities on pain of death—until Gideon, the last one who believed in her goodness, died in her place. Haunted by Gideon’s final gift, and hunted by former allies, Liliana now returns to a place she’d thought she’d never see again, the only place she has left: home.

A Deadly Game of Magic

A Deadly Game of Magic
Author: Joan Lowery Nixon
Publisher: Perfection Learning
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9780756972301

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This classic tale of magic, mystery, and murder by the four-time Edgar Award-winning author is now available in a new paperback edition.

Generation Decks

Generation Decks
Author: Titus Chalk
Publisher: Solaris
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2017-04-06
Genre: Games
ISBN: 1786180677

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Humans of Magic

Humans of Magic
Author: James Hsu
Publisher:
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2019-10-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781697457889

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"Ahead of its time...James figures out what really makes some of the greatest minds in Magic tick." --Autumn Burchett, Magic Pro League member and two-time English National Champion "For the Magic The Gathering player who is a part of this community, who loves not just the cards but the world of Magic itself, this is a great pickup for reading." --Tolarian Community College, YouTube video review "James fills a gap in the Magic the Gathering world with his work behind the scenes, not only with CardBoard Live, but also with his ethnographic research into the lives of Magic personalities." --Vincent "Deathsie" Chu, professional Magic Arena streamer 12 of Magic: The Gathering's finest players. 12 interviews. Michael Bonde Paulo Vitor Damo Da Rosa Andrew Elenbogen Jon Finkel Bryan Gottlieb Emma Handy Bob Huang Wilson Hunter Luis Scott-Vargas Jonathan Sukenik Gerry Thompson Noah Walker