The evidence identifies him as the author of a chapter on the study of historical-simulation board games. It provides no further biographical details.
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When Playing Also Means Interpreting History
In a simulation, players can make decisions, but only among the possibilities provided. Jan Gonzalo Iglesia’s chapter on historical-simulation board games addresses the relationship between a game’s context of creation and its view of the past; Xavier Rubio-Campillo’s chapter considers Spanish Civil War board games as public history and from the perspective of data science. The supplied titles and metadata do not allow us to summarize their findings, but they do show that historical games are a subject of academic study.
How components and rules make board games historical documents
Rules determine what each participant can do, how actions are resolved and which outcomes count. This architecture matters especially in historical simulation, where complex processes may be translated into decisions, resources and objectives that fit within a game. Jan Gonzalo Iglesia’s chapter on board games about the Spanish Civil War explicitly raises the question of what history is told through components and mechanics.
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