Index

L

The Landlord’s Game, 520, 522

Langton, Christopher, 169, 170

language, 306

Lantz, Frank, ix–xi, 9, 167, 450

See also Ironclad

Laramée, François Dominic, 450, 484

LARPs

core mechanic, 389–390

cultural environment, 578

forbidden play, 481

player changes, 552

social play, 466

touching, 579

Laurel, Brenda, 58, 62, 67, 379, 511,

522–523

learning

cultural, 507–508, 513, 534

perceptual patterns, 316

LeBlanc, Marc, 128, 138, 218–219, 224,

228, 334–335, 383, 446–447

Leonard, George, 528

Leonardi, Alfred, 425

levels, 261, 386–387, 391

Levy, Steven, 161

The L Game, 357–359

Liar’s Paradox, 449–450

Life, The Game of, 161–163, 170

limitations

boundaries, 94–95, 573–581

and pleasure, 330–331

and simulations, 440, 442

of social play, 485

of time, 129, 474, 600

Linux, 545

Littlejohn, Stephen W., 50–51, 58, 96, 160,

192–193, 200, 214–215, 226

Little Max, 467–468

location, 104

exercise, 17

logic, 237

long-distance play, 89

long-shots, 186

Looney, Andy, 546

LOOP, 259–261, 318, 391–393

Lord of the Rings Board Game

conflict, 432

design of, 22–24

iteration, 26–27

simulation, 427, 432

testing, 24–26

and zero-sum games, 240

Los Disneys, 562

loss, 261, 265

lottery games, 180, 518–519

luck, 110, 186

See also chance; uncertainty

ludic activity, 303–309

See also play

Ludology.org, 603

ludus, 308, 309, 311

Lupton, Ellen, 46

lusory attitude

basic concept, 77, 97–99, 574

and cooperation, 255–256

and implicit rules, 574

and noise, 197, 201

and pleasure, 331