Serious Games Without Screens. Comment on “Involvement of End Users in the Development of Serious Games for Health Care Professions Education: Systematic Descriptive Review”

[para. 3]: "We would like to challenge the persistent usage of the narrow digital-only definition of a serious game seen in health professionals’ education, often citing the same 2012 review or its source, a 2006 book about the design of serious video games. While the focus of JMIR Serious Games may be digital games and gamification, not all games are digital, and similarly, not all serious games are digital. As designers of card and board games used for health professionals’ education, we invite those in our field to reconsider this narrow definition. With its origin in mind, a more inclusive definition of serious games would be any standalone game designed with a specific purpose beyond entertainment regardless of medium. "