Toy vs Game
PlayDNA
English - March 03, 2021 08:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBGames Leisure Arts Design board games games design play history card games ludology Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Which one is it? Can a toy have a beginning and end and not be a game? Can a game have rules and actually be a toy? And where on earth do we fit in puzzles? We slog our way through this question and try to determine what qualities make something feel like a "game" vs any other activity.
Games we played:
Commands & Colors: Napoleonics | Board Game | BoardGameGeek
Underwater Cities | Board Game | BoardGameGeek
School of Sorcery | Board Game | BoardGameGeek