The Game Mechanic - Overview

    Welcome to a thread of posts all about game mechanics and how they allow us to feel involved. Game mechanics come in all shapes and forms from tile laying in Scrabble to dice rolling in Monopoly. I will cover popular games which have shown these mechanics and innovative games trying new mechanics. I like to believe that game mechanics lead to fun.



    Game mechanics allows us to bring a spatula to battle. We just need to know is this a sword fight or are we making pancakes. Also trust me, it's really messy flipping pancakes with Excalibur.


    Everyone has their preference as to what games they like to play but why is it they like them? Is it their game mechanics? Is it their theme? Is it their shared memories with family and friends? Well let's find out.


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