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“A Definition of Enchantment”: A New Approach to the Analysis of Magic Systems in Fantasy Games

Games Cult. 2025 Mikael D. Sebag

Game scholars have critiqued ludic magic systems for their rational, quantifiable, and wonderless nature. Yet, despite the magic system's prevalence in modern games, the field of game studies lacks a formal theoretical framework to analyze how these systems—and the framing fictions they inhabit—go about articulating a sense of enchantment to players. To address this gap, this article proposes a...