Characteristics of Games Ghosts from our past have

Ghosts from our past have moved in

tanks and terrain

you can fight battles in the shattered towns of occupied France

and even the sweltering jungles of the Pacific

Don Cherry

Characteristics of Games Ghosts from our past haveUnderstanding games whether computer games, card games, board games, or sports by analyzing certain common traits. Characteristics of Games offers a new way to understand games: by focusing on certain traits including number of players, rules, degrees of luck and skill needed, and reward effort ratio and using these characteristics as basic points of comparison and analysis. These issues are often discussed by game players and designers but seldom