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How playing a game can help spread awareness of dementia inequalities

Dr. Clarissa Giebel from NIHR ARC North West Coast addresses the barriers to dementia treatment with a board game aimed at raising awareness. Over a million people in the UK live with dementia, supported by over 700,000 unpaid carers, yet access to diagnosis and care is hindered by various factors including geographic location, socio-economic status, and system-level issues.

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Can a Board Game Support Climate Adaptation?

Using a board game as a way to cultivate climate adaptation might seem like an unorthodox endeavour. The game was designed by New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research as a way to fuse traditional Māori knowledge and values with climate change data in order to help players brainstorm flood solutions and watch how the effects of their decisions evolve over time.

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Do Not Pass 'Go': How a Board Game Decision Is Applicable to Idea Theft Disputes in the Advertising Industry

The court's discussion of the circumstances under which a board game inventor could become entitled to royalties from the company to whom he pitched his ideas is highly relevant to the relationship between advertising agencies and advertisers, as well.

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Using a Board Game to Plan for a Changing Planet

The hapū of Tangoio Marae have a serious decision to make about this place that is so central to their community, and one of their decision-making tools is unorthodox: a board game. Called Marae-opoly, the Māori community designed the game in partnership with researchers from New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research with the explicit goal of helping the hapū decide how to manage the flood risk to their marae.

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A Look at Analysis Paralysis in Board Games

My hope is that, by the end of this post, you'll understand what analysis paralysis is and be able to make sure that it doesn't cause issues between the people that you play games with. Analysis paralysis is not unique to tabletop gaming. Many strategic board games from the last few decades involve tough decisions, someof which might have an instant impact on the game, others of which will continue to influence your performance for turns to come.

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AI-powered board game can help reduce social isolation in older adults

It's no mystery why online games became an even-more popular pastime during the COVID-19 pandemic: They provide entertainment and social connection, while also keeping our brains stimulated. A new AI-powered game developed by a team of Johns Hopkins undergraduates aims to bring those positive benefits to older adults in retirement communities.

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Meet the Nigerian board game creator trying to change an industry

In a country that loves games such as chess and Scrabble - even fielding a world champion Scrabble team - Ogbuagu noticed a lack of Nigerian-made games. With nothing to do, "Eventually, we started playing tabletop games." At the time, he was not sure how to create games, so he used cardboard, stones, and dice from an old Ludo game to make a dice rolling and card drafting game for him and his friends.

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