The Effects of a Soundtrack on Board Game Player Experience

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Farkas, Timea; Denisova, Alena; Wiseman, Sarah and Fiebrink, Rebecca. 2022. 'The Effects of a Soundtrack on Board Game Player Experience'. In: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’22). New Orleans, Louisiana, United States 30 April - 5 May 2022. [Conference or Workshop Item]

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Official URL: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3491102.3502110

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Board gaming is a popular hobby that increasingly features the inclusion of technology, yet little research has sought to under- stand how board game player experience is impacted by digital augmentation or to inform the design of new technology-enhanced games. We present a mixed-methods study exploring how the presence of music and sound effects impacts the player experience of a board game. We found that the soundtrack increased the enjoyment and tension experienced by players during game play. We also found that a soundtrack provided atmosphere surrounding the gaming experience, though players did not necessarily experience this as enhancing the world-building capabilities of the game. We discuss how our findings can inform the design of new games and soundtracks as well as future research into board game player experience.

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3491102.3502110