Heterogeneous Game Element Ownership
Game designs that require players to contribute with the game elements anew for each game instance.
This pattern is a still a stub.
Contents
Examples
LARPs
Warhammer 40K
Magic the Gathering
Using the pattern
By definition, Heterogeneous Game Element Ownership is meaningful for Multiplayer Games.
Game designers need to consider the possible Combos when designing Heterogeneous Game Element Ownership. This since players will look for them as part of achieving Game Mastery but unless the types of combos are balanced this may make various elements unbalance and as an effect easily destroy Player Balance. This may be mitigated partly through Expansions that can introduce new rules with the new game elements that balance the game using a Evolving Rule Set, although this may also require that old elements are passed out as well.
Strategic Planning and setting up for , and leads to Game Element Trading and that players share Strategic Knowledge as a form of Trans-Game Information.
Diegetic Aspects
Interface Aspects
Narrative Aspects
Consequences
Heterogeneous Game Element Ownership lets players have Freedom of Choice to construct their parts of the game. This also creates a Meta Game consisting of Construction where the game elements are Resources.
Relations
Can Instantiate
Construction, Freedom of Choice, Meta Games, Resources
Can Modulate
Can Be Instantiated By
Can Be Modulated By
Possible Closure Effects
Potentially Conflicting With
History
New pattern created in this wiki.
References
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