Meaningful Game Design: The Methodology and Psychology of Tabletop Games

This book provides readers with the tools and methods with which to create effective tabletop games. It covers the design and development process thoroughly, guiding readers through the necessary mechanics, messages, and motivations of games that must be understood in order to build successful tabletop games, including serious educational games for teaching or training.

Through a range of learning activities and methodologies, readers will develop an understanding of games and an appreciation for the creating and testing of game play whilst critically exploring the relationship between games, motivation, and learning. It includes chapters on design methodology, narrative, accessibility, playtesting, and more.

This book will be of great interest to students on game design and serious game design courses. It will also appeal to designers, educators, and hobbyists interested in design and developing their own tabletop games, educational or otherwise.

本書提供讀者創建有效桌上遊戲的工具和方法。它全面介紹了設計和開發過程，引導讀者理解必須瞭解以建立成功桌上遊戲的機制、訊息和動機，包括用於教學或培訓的嚴肅教育遊戲。

通過一系列的學習活動和方法，讀者將發展對遊戲的理解，並欣賞遊戲玩法的創建和測試，同時批判性地探索遊戲、動機和學習之間的關係。它包括設計方法論、敘事、可訪問性、遊戲測試等章節。

本書將對遊戲設計和嚴肅遊戲設計課程的學生非常有吸引力。它還對設計師、教育工作者和愛好者對設計和開發自己的桌上遊戲（教育或其他）感興趣的人也很有吸引力。

Dr Devon Allcoat completed her PhD in Psychology at the University of Warwick, in the United Kingdom. Her doctoral research explored the effects and applications of video games and virtual environments, particularly their cognitive effects and how they can be applied to education. In her current role at the University of Warwick she develops and teaches courses and modules in game design and development, whilst continuing with research projects on technology. She is an expert in game design, pedagogy, human-technology interaction, virtual reality, and mixed reality.

Chris Evans is the Head of Technology Enhanced Learning at Warwick Manufacturing Group at the University of Warwick. In this role he is responsible for the strategic development, coordination and implementation of technology enhanced learning policies and initiatives. With over 20 years' experience within lecturing, teacher training, and technology enhanced learning, Chris has designed, implemented, and overseen numerous pedagogically driven game-based simulations within the tertiary learning sector. Chris also teaches game design at the University of Warwick and adopts a student centric, interactive, and highly innovative approach to teaching and learning.

Dr Devon Allcoat在英國華威大學完成了她的心理學博士學位。她的博士研究探討了視頻遊戲和虛擬環境的效應和應用，特別是它們的認知效應以及如何應用於教育。在她目前在華威大學的職位上，她開發和教授遊戲設計和開發的課程和模塊，同時繼續進行技術研究項目。她是遊戲設計、教學法、人機交互、虛擬現實和混合現實方面的專家。

Chris Evans是華威大學華威製造業集團的技術增強學習主管。在這個職位上，他負責技術增強學習政策和計劃的戰略發展、協調和實施。在講授、教師培訓和技術增強學習方面擁有超過20年的經驗，Chris設計、實施和監督了許多以教學為導向的基於遊戲的模擬器在高等教育領域的應用。Chris還在華威大學教授遊戲設計，並採用以學生為中心、互動和高度創新的教學方法。