Dissertation

Turn Sequence: An Exploration of Turn Order mechanics within turn-based tabletop and computer Strategy games

In my third year of university, I was tasked with writing an approx. 5,500 word dissertation alongside a practical research project. I decided to explore Turn-Based games, and how changing the method in which turns are sequenced can dramatically alter the players’ experience of an otherwise identical game.

For my practical research, I wrote a miniature wargame specifically for the experiment, which I called WITS (or Wargame with Interchangable Turn Systems), which has seven different methods to choose from, and focus testing these seven methods with a third party of experienced wargamers.

This dissertation, which features the rules for WITS in its Appendix, can be downloaded below:

You can also download the WITS rulebook separately below:

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