Looks like a mere graphic design facelift on an otherwise horribly designed game.
If you want to talk bout *interaction* design applied to game design, look no further than Pandemic<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0013OBXG2?ie=UTF8&tag=readishmael-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0013OBXG2>by one of our own interactions designers, Matt Leacock <http://www.linkedin.com/in/leacock>. It was nominated for the German Game of the Year award <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiel_des_Jahres> in 2009, which is by far the highest honor in the world of board games. The Board Game Geek top ranked games list<http://www.boardgamegeek.com/browse/boardgame>is also a good place to find well-designed games. It's worth noting that Monopoly is ranked #5924 on that list, with an average rating of 4.5/10. The crowd has spoken. ·Dave On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 5:50 AM, Matthew Thomas <m...@digitalmatt.net> wrote: > Yeah, I can see how giving it a facelift (like any other product) > might be a marketing strategy. Would I'd love to know is if the game > sells better. > > That aside, I can't decide whether or not it makes the game any > easier or more efficient to play. I'd have to try it out I suppose. > I'm a bit biased though because in my mind the Monopoly board is a > pretty old, and established tradition. Something about turning each > corner of the board gives a sense of accomplishment, albeit > insignificant. > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49093 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
