Games are an interactive form of entertainment that connect people across different ages, genders, ethnicities, socio-economic groups, and skill levels. Through the games we play, we meet new people, improve our skillsets, and most importantly, we learn. This course focuses on a specific kind of gaming experience – board games – which requires more than one player, and thus encourages the development of social skills such as cooperation, negotiation, bluffing, and persuasion. Following lectures that explore the basic principles of board game design, prototyping, and playtesting, students will use these foundations to create an original game, either individually or in small groups. By the end of the course, students will be able to transform their ideas into manageable designs, and to develop quick prototypes to fully test the player experience they want to achieve. This course is intended for students without any academic background in the specific subject area and for students attending their first year of university studies in Art and Design.