Using an essentially practical methodology, we will deconstruct, through the study of real cases, the various mechanisms and elements that make up a modern board game, with the aim of understanding the various stages of its development - from the idea, to the graphics, prototyping, presentation before publishers, etc. The aim of this laboratory is to arrive at a playable prototype, but above all to recognise modern board games as objects of high cultural and social value, and ‘play’ as an act inherent to human nature and healthy interaction.