An overview of Game Thinking and reflection on the class

Game Thinking: Games and Play in a Digital World (MIS41000) from Allen Higgins on Vimeo.

Social deduction game (for free)

No only is Secret Hitler a great game, it is also available for free under a Creative Commons License.
The rules and artwork can be downloaded so you can print and craft your own copy of the game. As the tagline goes "PRACTICE FIGHTING FASCISM FOR FREE."

http://www.secrethitler.com/

Update: This is what should happen when you release a creative work under the Creative Commons License, others can use the content to develop interesting variations; to "adapt - remix, transform, and build upon the game".

Did you hear about the "Secret Voldemort" re-skin? Information on https://www.boardgamegeek.com/filepage/150787/secret-voldemort-reskin-secret-hitler. Original art and explanations on https://thecraftyplayers.com/2017/02/22/secret-voldemort/.

Aside: No doubt the word Voldemort is trademarked so this version of the game isn't necessarily going to have a place in the authentic HP branding licensing multi-verse...

Yet another game printing and parts supplier

And yet another parts printer/producer service https://www.printplaygames.com/

Panda Game Manufacturing (PGM)

http://pandagm.com/
Yet another game manufacturing company servicing tabletop/boardgame developers. They say they have everything you'll need to bring your game to life. Register to get access to the specification service and get a quotation for manufacturing.

Printing game prototypes yourself?

But what about those of us who go about printing game prototypes using a DIY setup?

Take the example of Rule & Make, Allen Chang and Alistair Kearney from Queensland, Australia. In this video "Allen, Alistair, and Matt show you how to make a professional looking Burger Up" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-VZCniz7Mw).

The Game Crafter

https://www.thegamecrafter.com/

The Game Crafter offers a combination of design studio, parts store, manufacturer, sales and marketing provider service. In fact is offers an entire ecosystem for would-be game designers to create and sell their own games. Game Crafter provides templates for all the generic elements to be customised as needed.

A typical example game may cost USD $50 per unit for an on-demand print/assembly consisting of (approximately) a printed box, 50 tiles, 100 cards, and instructions.

See the game design section for general information (link)

Datopolis

Datopolis was designed as a learning tool, a board game to explore diverse strategies around proprietary/private and open data for communities (link).

You can make your own copy of the game using the open design elements which are freely available on GitHub.