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Essential Experience

Identify the experience that gives the game its purpose.

Principle

Identify the experience that gives the game its purpose.

Review questions

  • How would you describe its essential experience without listing features?
  • Which mechanic expresses that experience, and which dilutes it?

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Jesse Schell · Schell: 113 second-edition lenses

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