A game’s identity is an amalgam of the people who breathe life into it.
Quotes by Mike Selinker
The rules you select should be chosen not on the basis of whether you like how they play, but whether you can explain how they play. If you can’t, find some other way to play.
A beautiful mechanic makes you talk of it like it played the game for you. It’s a part of your experience—a vector for your imagination.