보드게임 밸런스 요인과 플레이어 경험의 상관관계 분석 연구

• 영문명: A Study on the Correlation Between Board Game Balance Factors and Play Experience
• 발행기관: 한국컴퓨터게임학회
• 저자명: 이은정(Eunl-Jung Lee)
• 간행물 정보: 『한국컴퓨터게임학회논문지』제38권 5호, 15~22쪽, 전체 8쪽
• 주제분류: 공학 > 컴퓨터학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2025.09.30

국문 초록

Board games are steadily growing, re-evaluating the value of analog communication in the digital age. This market growth has heightened players' expectations for quality, leading to a growing demand for well-crafted, or “well-balanced” games. Game balance is a key element in providing players with a fair and engaging experience. However, to date, balancing efforts have relied primarily on designers' intuition and small-scale testing, which is time-consuming, costly, and carries the risk of bias. Therefore, this study aimed to empirically analyze the core factors of balance perceived by players. Based on prior research, we identified four balance factors (Parity: fairness, Rich: diversity, Innovative: scalability, and Mitigate: mitigating randomness) and three play experiences (Flow: immersion, Aesthetics: aesthetics, and Interaction: interaction). A survey was conducted with 78 college students who played eight board games over an eight-week period. The collected data were analyzed for correlation and multiple regression using SPSS 26.0. The analysis results revealed that fairness (Parity) and variety (Rich) were key predictors of players' “immersion” experiences. Variety (Rich), randomness mitigation (Mitigate), and scalability (Innovation) significantly influenced the “aesthetic” experience, while scalability (Innovation) and variety (Rich) were found to have the greatest impact on the “interaction” experience. This study is significant in that it leads the discussion on board game balance to a data-driven empirical analysis and provides objective balancing guidelines for game designers.

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4. 결론

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키워드

Game Design Player Experience Game Balance Board Game Mechanism Game Level Design