Great little resource for building your first game. That said, the term 'Mechanic' in game design has multiple meanings. My favorite is in context of Dynamics

Great little resource for building your first game. That said, the term 'Mechanic' in game design has multiple meanings. My favorite is in context of Dynamics and Aesthetics, as explained here - (pdf) http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/MDA.pdf http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/MDA.pdf