Praise for The GAME DESIGNER'S WORKBOOK This book is a FANTASTIC way to start thinking like a game designer by solving the real problems that professional designers tackle every day. I love it! --Jesse Schell, author of The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses The Game Designer's Workbook is a welcome addition to the small collection of books that address game design in meaningful ways. It is an indispensable reminder that while game design is hard work, it should also be joyful. It invites readers to discover core concepts through playful discovery, and will be a valuable resource for anyone teaching game design. My only regret is that this wasn't available when I set out teaching game design. My students would have benefited from its insights. --Scot Osterweil, Game Designer, MIT & Learning Games Network At least as good a game design education as you can get in the average university program, with significantly less debt. --Anna Anthropy, Award-Winning Game Designer, Educator, and Co-Author of A Game Design Vocabulary The singular achievement of The Game Designer's Workbook is that Lang and Lockhart dive deeply into the mysteries of games, while rendering them utterly approachable. A must-have living sketchbook for game creators of all ages, The Game Designer's Workbook is valuable for aspiring young designers, university students, and working professionals alike. The fundamental insights of game design -- how systems work, how to communicate stories, how to prototype and test ideas -- are relevant to just about any creative person working today. I look forward to playing through this book. You should too. --Eric Zimmerman, Arts Professor at the NYU Game Center, Co-Author of Rules of Play and Author of The Rules We Break