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Learn best practices from seasoned designer Ben Rosset for designing games about real-world topics

Ben Rosset has is the designer of published games about building cities, inventing airplanes, searching for new planets, manufacturing board games, making cheese, running a brewery, and more. In this session, he will share with you best practices for designing games about real-world systems. Topics will include: The difference between systems modeling and world building, how players engage with games about real-world topics, what makes a good system to model, how to research your topic, selecting a zoom level, faithfulness to the theme, playtesting real-world games, and matching mechanics to theme.

• Event Type SEM - Seminar
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• Day Wednesday
• Start Time 12:00 PM
• End Time 1:00 PM
• Duration 1 hours
• Location Marriott
• Room Marriott Ballroom 3
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• Age Required Mature (18+)
• Experience Required None (You've never played before - rules will be taught)
• Min Players 1
• Max Players 60
• Cost Free
• Tickets Available 60
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• Round 1 of 1
• Materials Required No
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