DnD changed my life – now I teach board games in schools
DnD changed my life – now I teach board games in schools
DnD changed my life – now I teach board games in schools
September 13, 2022
By Alex Evans
Summary
The firm brings hand-picked selections of tabletop games into schools, young offenders' institutes, and other venues, aiming to teach key skills, entertain, and bring people together with play.
Imagination Gaming ran a popular board games area at the WASD 2022 gaming convention, and afterwards we sat down with the owner, Nigel Scarfe, to delve further into what the firm does.
Here's an edited version of our conversation, exploring Imagination Gaming's activities, the types of games they work with, and Scarfe's views on the power of tabletop games.
Nigel Scarfe: We were set up, initially, to look at using board games, card games, and so on in school - more for the social side of it, rather than teaching anything specific.
So are you teaching the kids using games, or are you teaching the teachers to use games in school?
Part of what we do is try to set that school or that organisation up with a board games club of their own; we'll talk to them about the benefits, and why you'd want to have an ongoing games club - some schools bring us in every week.
We also we try to leave some sort of games pack at the school, so they can then continue to use games as part of the daily life at school.
Reference
Evans, A. (2022, September 13). DND changed my life – now I teach board games in schools. Retrieved September 21, 2022, from https://www.wargamer.com/dnd-and-board-games-in-schools