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Casual Game Design
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Casual Game Design

by Gregory Trefry
January 2010
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
400 pages
9h 6m
English
CRC Press
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CHAPTER THREE
PLAY IS THE THING
around Flo and even repeated the formula in other games like Wedding Dash with
the character of the wedding planner Quinn.
How to Host a Murder has been a popular party game for more than 20 years.
While it might seem like How to Host a Murder is a role-playing game closer to
D & D , it is actually quite casual. It requires more playacting than it does actual role-
playing. Players are assigned iconic roles which they can decide to act out however
they choose. The only thing the game requires is that players reveal certain pieces
of information at specific points to aid partygoers in solving the murder. You could
play the game simply as a deductive logic exercise not unlike Mastermind or Clue .
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