The Well-Played Game: A Player's Philosophy

by Bernard De Koven and Bernie DeKoven

Book Overview

The return of a classic book about games and play that illuminates the relationship between the well-played game and the well-lived life.

In The Well-Played Game, games guru Bernard De Koven explores the interaction of play and games, offering players--as well as game designers, educators, and scholars--a guide to how games work. De Koven's classic treatise on how human beings play together, first published in 1978, investigates many...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262019175
• ISBN13: 9780262019170
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Interesting Narrative

This book may have been written a long time ago but much of its principles still hold true today. His narrative is quite different from what you would normally expect (first person POV) but it makes for a fascinating read. I highly recommend it for ANYONE in game design.