Board Games Courses and Certifications

Great Board Games of the Ancient World

23 ratings at The Great Courses Plus

<p>Learn the fascinating origins of some of the world’s most beloved games of luck and strategy with an expert on gaming history.</p>

• The Great Courses Plus
• 6 hours 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Insights into Mathematics

Go Lesson - Opening Play with the 3-4 Point and Low Approach Move - Playing Go - N J Wildberger

Learn common Go corner joseki arising from a 3-4 point opening and a low approach move.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Learning Games - Discussion of Childhood Games, Board Games, and Gamification vs Resonant Games

Explore childhood learning games, board games' transferable skills, and the distinction between gamification and resonant games in educational contexts.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 7 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

GDC

Making Fallout for Tabletop - Adapting Video Games to Board Games

Explore the 4-year journey of adapting Bethesda's Fallout series into the tabletop game Fallout: Wasteland Warfare, examining design challenges and solutions in converting a beloved video game franchise to a new medium.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Demystifying Board Game Design

Learn game design by creating, play-testing, and redesigning games, with hands-on projects exploring challenges, uncertainty, mechanics, and educational play.

• Swayam
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

GDC

Board Game Design Day - Why Indirect or Zero Player Interaction Can Be Great

Learn why indirect or zero player interaction can create satisfying games and how to avoid common design pitfalls.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

GDC

Root - A Usability Postmortem

A postmortem of Root’s development exploring rules writing, component and graphic design, usability research, feedback, affordances, and cognitive load.

• YouTube
• 41 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

GDC

King Me - A Defense of King-Making in Board Game Design

A defense of king-making as a deliberate competitive multiplayer design choice, exploring disruption, storytelling, consent, victory conditions, and winning.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

MW Restoration

Restoration of a 1950s French Basketball Table Game - Le Basket SAMUD

Experience the meticulous restoration process of a 1950s French tabletop basketball game, from complete disassembly through refinishing and reassembly, including detailed game rules and historical context.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Complexity Explorer

Fundamentals of Machine Learning

Explore machine learning types, supervised learning geometry, neural networks, and AI game applications through practical examples and advanced concepts.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 35 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Game Design - Fall 2010

Explore non-digital game design through hands-on creation, analysis of diverse genres, and team-based prototyping to master the principles of effective gameplay mechanics.

• YouTube
• 21 hours 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

GDC

Developing Artifacts of Play for Your Tabletop Games

Learn how artifacts of play can make tabletop game experiences more immersive, resonant, and impactful.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

GDC

Mansions of Madness 2nd Edition - Postmortem of an App-Integrated Board Game

A postmortem on the design successes and failures of integrating an app with a modern board game.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

GDC

Script Murders - The Form and Design of the Most Popular Tabletop Genre in China

Trace how China’s jubensha grew from imported murder mysteries into tabletop scripts of joy, emotion, horror, and more.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

GDC

Legacy Games - From Risk to Pandemic to SeaFall & Beyond

Explore how legacy board games use irreversible changes, scripted content, and player-driven consequences to create replayable experiences and influence game design.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk