Rules of Play | HardcoverGame Design Fundamentals An impassioned look at games and game design that offers the most ambitious framework for understanding them to date. As pop culture, games are as important as film or televisionbut game design has yet to develop a theoretical framework or critical vocabulary. In Rules of Play Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman present a much needed primer for this emerging field. They offer a unified model for looking at all kinds of games, from