A collection of pieces/concepts in game design for use by designers, hackers, or just creative players. take control of your gaming experience!
Part of my hope for this repo is to build a shared vocabulary for folks wanting to play games together, and especially folks who have fun making up the rules themselves!
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabletop_game
- https://zotrpg.blogspot.com/search/label/on%20the%20shoulders%20of%20cloud%20giants
- https://boardgamegeek.com/browse/boardgamemechanic (Thanks to reddit user JaskoGomad)
Also, Geoffrey Engelstein & Isaac Shalev's book Building Blocks of Tabletop Game Design: An Encyclopedia of Mechanisms seems quite relevant, if a bit long winded. I worry about potential copyright issues around this, because I'd like to collect and share as much going-wisdom as possible here.