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From the board to the streets: a case study of Local Property Trader

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From the board to the streets: a case study of Local Property Trader. / Gazzard, Alison; Lochrie, Mark; Gradinar, Adrian et al.
In: ToDIGRA, Vol. 1, No. 3, 11.11.2014.

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Gazzard, A, Lochrie, M, Gradinar, A, Coulton, P, Burnett, D & Kershaw, D 2014, 'From the board to the streets: a case study of Local Property Trader', ToDIGRA, vol. 1, no. 3. <http://todigra.org/index.php/todigra/issue/view/3>

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Gazzard, A., Lochrie, M., Gradinar, A., Coulton, P., Burnett, D., & Kershaw, D. (2014). From the board to the streets: a case study of Local Property Trader. ToDIGRA, 1(3). http://todigra.org/index.php/todigra/issue/view/3

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Gazzard A, Lochrie M, Gradinar A, Coulton P, Burnett D, Kershaw D. From the board to the streets: a case study of Local Property Trader. ToDIGRA. 2014 Nov 11;1(3).

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Gazzard, Alison ; Lochrie, Mark ; Gradinar, Adrian et al. / From the board to the streets : a case study of Local Property Trader. In: ToDIGRA. 2014 ; Vol. 1, No. 3.

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abstract = "The boardgame of Monopoly has undergone various iterations since it was first published in 1934. Versions have included location-based varieties of the game, involving mobile media devices that have taken the boardgame to the city streets as a way of engaging players with location in new ways. This article examines a new version of Monopoly, titled Local Property Trader that works with NFC/QR code technologies in order to encourage players to move around the city and interact with local businesses. In doing so, the project hopes to highlight how location-based games can use social media data to update a traditional game into more contemporary contexts. Correspondingly, the differences and similarities of taking a boardgame and reworking it for the city streets are explored through ideas surrounding location, player and map as key points of intersection between the two media forms.",
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