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Figure 4: T.LM.E. Stories is a story exploration game in which the player explores each location by choosing which card they want to interact with. Each location has a different descriptive panorama that is created through the art on the back of the cards. board doesn’t represent a map or spatial metaphor, but rather an organization surface for tracking different types of cards, revealing locations as the players explore and tracking the amount of time the players have left.

Figure 4 T.LM.E. Stories is a story exploration game in which the player explores each location by choosing which card they want to interact with. Each location has a different descriptive panorama that is created through the art on the back of the cards. board doesn’t represent a map or spatial metaphor, but rather an organization surface for tracking different types of cards, revealing locations as the players explore and tracking the amount of time the players have left.

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Many of the games fit somewhere along the spectrum rather than at either end, but we describe the four quadrants as: 4 CASE STUDIES
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After the haunting, the game often incorporates timed game mechanics in the form of a track counter that may be regulated by either the players or the traitor. In some cases the track itself is invisible to the players, who only experience the effects as reported by the traitor. Figure 3: Tales of the Arabian Nights is a prime example of an unordered story game. The game comes with a thick book of encounters that describe stand-alone events and relies on the player to create a narrative arc between them.
After the haunting, the game often incorporates timed game mechanics in the form of a track counter that may be regulated by either the players or the traitor. In some cases the track itself is invisible to the players, who only experience the effects as reported by the traitor. Figure 3: Tales of the Arabian Nights is a prime example of an unordered story game. The game comes with a thick book of encounters that describe stand-alone events and relies on the player to create a narrative arc between them.
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