A Grounded Analysis of Player-Described Board Game Immersion
summary
Grounded theory analysis of 220 forum comments plus five interviews identifies two concrete immersion modes: Engrossment in Challenge (strategic focus, optimization, difficulty) and Submergence into the Game World (narrative construction, embodiment). Players list specific conditions—theme, difficulty, table behavior—and deliberate practices like role-playing and custom music or bending rules to create or break immersion, with conflicting player conditions often ending immersion and shared voluntary actions restoring it.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:44METHODS
- 1:32FINDINGS
- 1:58EXPERIENCE OF IMMERSION
- 3:06COMPOSITION OF IMMERSION
- 3:45CONDITIONS OF IMMERSION
- 5:15PLAYERS HAVE POWER
- 5:36BOARD GAME IMMERSION
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