Board game industry players answer the question: What makes a great game?

http://goforthandgame.com/2012/08/12/what-makes-a-great-game/

http://goforthandgame.com/2012/08/22/what-makes-a-great-game-part-2/

There were 47 different answers to the question “What makes a game great?”. The element that showed up most was hard decisions/meaningful choices. Nineteen percent of my guests felt that this was essential for a game to be considered great. The next most mentioned aspect of a great game was a three-way tie between 1) many paths to victory 2) a sense of story 3) depth that can be explored all coming in with 8% of my guests mentioning these aspects.