Data Note: The Digital Ludeme Project Database [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

Abstract

This document outlines the types of data collected for the Digital Ludeme Project, an ERC-funded research project that aims to improve our understanding of the development of games throughout human history through computational analysis of the available (partial) historical data of games. This document outlines how this data is collected, formatted and stored, and how it can be accessed. It is the aim of the Digital Ludeme Project to provide a data resource of unprecedented depth and scope for the benefit of historical games researchers worldwide. Special attention is paid to the FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship.

Keywords

• Games Studies
• Ancient Board Games
• Ludemes
• Digital Humanities
• Cultural Computing
• FAIR Data Principles
• eng