{"product_id":"the-game-designers-guide-to-creating-licensed-tabletop-games-9781032949772","title":"The Game Designers Guide to Creating Licensed Tabletop Games","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explains the steps in creating a licensed tabletop game and the factors which influence its design using examples, including the designerâs first-hand experience of converting the Fallout videogames into Fallout: Wasteland Warfare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConverting an existing property such as a videogame or film into a tabletop game provides all the challenges of tabletop design whilst adding many more challenges, restrictions, limitations and pressures. This book covers all the necessary topics, such as:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eGaining a license and working with a licensor\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIdentifying boundaries the license creates which defines the design space in which the game must exist\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStudying the IPâs setting to understand what the tabletop game can be, how to extract principles and details from that setting, and the important challenges which must be resolved\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddressing the inevitable changes to the source material which must occur when adapting to the tabletop medium\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCreating the game mechanics â the most fundamental building blocks of all â and imbuing them with the license to portray the IPâs characters, action and atmosphere.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book takes the reader through the process of designing a licensed tabletop game and how a license adds opportunities to be embraced and challenges to be overcome. Using behind-the-scenes knowledge of creating licensed games, the experience, insights and lessons learned from a career in games will assist and inspire readers to bring a licensed world to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be ideal reading for games professionals looking to learn best practice for designing games based on existing properties.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CRC Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53515575820631,"sku":"9781032949772","price":49.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-game-designers-guide-to-creating-licensed-tabletop-games-9781032949772","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}