Palosaari Eladhari, 2018. Bleed-in, Bleed-out A Design Case in Board Game Therapy.Bleed-in http://www.digra.org/wp-content/uploads/digital-library/DIGRA_2018_paper_237_rev.pdf
Taspinar, 2016. Gamification in Education: A Board Game Approach to Knowledge Acquisition. Article Gamification in Education: A Board Game Approach to Knowledg...
Here are some relevant research studies using board games in education plus an introductory journal article on Gamification in Education.
Good luck with your research!
Lin, Y.-C., & Hou, H.-T. (2023). Multi-dimensional evaluation of an educational board game using real-time diagnostic procedure scaffolding: analysis of learners’ learning effectiveness, flow, anxiety, and emotion. Educational Psychology, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2023.2259139
Li, C.-T., Hou, H.-T., & Lin, W.-S. (2022). Chemistry education board game based on cognitive mechanism: multi-dimensional evaluation of learners’ knowledge acquisition, flow and playing experience of board game materials. Research in Science & Technological Education, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/02635143.2022.2125505
Fang, Y.-M., Chen, K.-M., & Huang, Y.-J. (2016). Emotional reactions of different interface formats: Comparing digital and traditional board games. Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 8(3), 168781401664190. https://doi.org/10.1177/1687814016641902
Christopoulos, A., & Mystakidis, S. (2023). Gamification in Education. Encyclopedia, 3(4), 1223–1243. https://doi.org/10.3390/encyclopedia3040089
Maybe www.empamos.de (the acronym means: empirical analyses of motivating game elements) could be something that might interest you. It started as a project that identified design patterns in board games (@ Technical university of applied sciences Nuremberg).
Voit, Thomas, Alexander Schneider, und Mathias Kriegbaum. 2020. „Towards an Empirically Based Gamification Pattern Language using Machine Learning Techniques“. In 2020 IEEE 32nd Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training (CSEE&T), 1–4. Munich, Germany: IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/CSEET49119.2020.9206223.
We are applying EMPAMOS in higher education to improve teaching and learning. Experiences and results we have collected in a public Zotero library: https://www.zotero.org/groups/2608252/empamos/library