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Cardboard Ghosts: Using Physical Games to Model and Critique Systems
Hardcover
Series: CRC Press Guides to Tabletop Game Design
ISBN13: 9781032816685
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: Jan 27 2025
Pages: 114
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.31 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
This book explores both the capabilities and limitations of overtly political board games to model systems and make arguments. Holland draws connections to computer games, literature, theatre, television, music, film, and her own life, framing board games as an achingly human art form, albeit one still growing into its full potential.
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