Table of Contents: S&G Guide for Authors - Simulation & Gaming: An International Journal of Theory, Practice, and Research.

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Each of the sections below is important in preparing your manuscript, either for submission to reviewers or for final article to be published. It is important to consult all sections.

Some people omit to follow the advice given in the good writing section, in the belief that this is not important. On the contrary, this is one of the most important aspects of articles accepted for publication in S&G. The better written your article, the more likely it is to be accepted.

	Introduction	Introductory page for this Author Guide.

Overview	Scope of S&G	Scope of S&G, type of readership, subject areas covered.
	Types of articles	Types of articles: Research, conceptual, reports, etc.
	Substance	It is importance to refer to the literature and to debriefing in your article. This section includes a reference to a guide to the literature.
	Reviews of s/g	A guide especially for authors of reviews of simulations and games.
	Ready-to-use s/g	A guide especially for authors of ready-to-use simulation/games. Each issue of the journal carries at least one ready-to-use game.

Process	Ms ID	Obtaining a ms ID. Essential to submit an article.
The process of writing your article and steps for getting it into print.	Good writing	How to make your article readable and thus encourage it to be read.
	Review process	The procedure followed for ms review.
	Evaluation criteria	Criteria used by reviewers in evaluating manuscripts.
	E-mail	How to send your manuscript by e-mail.
	Permissions	Request for permission to reprint. Material from other, already-published sources generally needs permission to reproduce.
	Agreement	All authors must sign this author or copyright transfer agreement in order to be published.

Structure	Check list	Detailed list if things to remember and items to send. You must send a copy of this with your ms.
Things to include in your ms to get it into shape.	Good writing	How to make your article readable and thus encourage it to be read.
	Cover sheet & ms	What the cover sheet and your ms should look like.
	Layout & mechanics	Details about such things as language, length, paragraphs, headings, punctuation, underlining, notes, figures and tables.
	References	How to do citations in the text and references at the end of your article.
	Visuals	How to prepare visuals (art work, diagrams, photos, drawings, ...).

Guest ed	Guest editorship	How to submit a proposal to guest edit a symposium issue of the journal.
	Symposia	Details of current special issues, to which you might like to contribute.

	Contacts	Where to send your ms.