I hope I don't need to explain how lying and bluffing are different things. I go back to how lying games can be divisive a lot, but that's because I know people who are fine playing poker, but won't lie out loud.
I think bluffing as a dynamic that arises from hidden information is more interesting than bluffing as a primary mechanic. Unsurprisingly, I'm not the biggest fan of social deduction games. (I think they're just fine.)
My favorite form of bluffing is hidden goals, when all the possible goals are known but who is assigned to the goals is not known. On the other hand, I despise hidden goals when they are drawn from a deck, so the goals in play are not known until the end of the game. Misdirection is more fun when there is some information to go off of.
Recognizing that the player experiences the emotion as themselves, rather than through character "bleed," is a crucial theoretical point for understanding the emotional weight of abstract game elements, a subject that has seen increasing analysis in recent board game academic circles like those found at BGD33.
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Really enjoyed this post — I appreciate how you break down Experience-Based Design for board games, especially in how the structure you propose helps readers see the design logic behind play moments. Your detailed examples make it feel more actionable than abstract theory. I’ll be thinking more about this as I work on some game-design write-ups over at crickexbuzz.
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ReplyDeleteThis is a fantastic discussion on the nuances of player deception. Your preference for bluffing as a dynamic over a primary mechanic, especially through the use of hidden goals where the known possibilities create perfect ground for misdirection, is a great design insight. That tension, created by partial knowledge and calculated gambits, is far more engaging than pure randomness. This focus on engineering sophisticated information dynamics to drive player engagement is crucial, demonstrating that successful outcomes rely on meticulously balanced parameters, a principle also vital for ensuring the high reliability of technical systems like CK444.
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