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EPISODE · Jul 15, 2014 · 1H 4M

#88: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You

from The Game Design Round Table · host Dirk Knemeyer, David Heron and Rob Daviau

Dirk, David, and Rob get together to talk about information. What are the advantages and disadvantages of perfect information games? How much is "enough" for each player to know? And how does Monopoly cause fist fights?--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Contact Information Dirk Knemeyer - @DKnemeyer, www.artana.com, [email protected] David Heron - @DavidVHeron Rob Daviau -@RobDaviauGamer, [email protected] Outline 0:00:53 - Fog of war and limited information 0:05:31 - Information and scoring 0:14:23 - Game length 0:33:07 - Seafall 0:37:40 - Good examples of hidden information 0:45:50 - War Stories

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