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Unlock Your Board Game Design Potential with this Ultimate Event!

Unlock Your Board Game Design Potential with this Ultimate Event!

The Board Game Design Virtual Summit, scheduled for February 20-26, 2024, offers an opportunity for board game enthusiasts to enhance their design skills. Organized by Joe Slack, the event features expert insights, live Q&A panels, and lifetime access to event content. Each day focuses on different aspects, such as launching a game successfully, getting games into the market, expanding reach in the board game industry, and support for creators. The summit includes a dedicated Discord server for networking and bonuses like bonus interviews for Platinum and Ultimate Pass holders. Various pass options are available, and the summit caters to all levels of board game designers. The Ultimate Pass includes access to Joe Slack's Board Game Design Course. Affiliate links are included in the post, supporting University XP LLC. The event aims to provide inspiration, knowledge, and connections for participants.

board game designDave EngJanuary 19, 2024board game, tabletop game, card game, game design, virtual summitComment

What can board games teach students about climate change?

What can board games teach students about climate change?

Among the world's ever-expanding array of board games, a small but growing number deal with climate change. My thought was that if people learn best while they are active and joyful participants, then turning a serious topic like climate change into a board game might have value beyond the game.

climate changeDave EngJanuary 3, 2024board game, climate change, games-based learningComment

Please Don’t Ask Me to Play Your Board Game

Please Don’t Ask Me to Play Your Board Game

Several years ago, I moved to a small town in eastern Pennsylvania, and a co-worker invited me over for a classic social tradition: a game night. An alarmingly complex game was first explained-something about a ghost, or a haunting-and then repeated, upon my request.

board gameDave EngSeptember 11, 2023board game, popularity, friendsComment

Are Game Mechanics Assumed or Extrapolated?

Are Game Mechanics Assumed or Extrapolated?

A key point is going to come when a player's King is defeated, but again we can assume that we know what happens then: when a medieval king dies, the eldest son inherits, so what we will do in this game is to say that when a King token is lost then on the next turn the eldest Prince is upgraded to become the King.

game mechanicsDave EngAugust 2, 2022Game mechanics, creating, reality, core mechanics, strategy, board game, newsComment

How victory conditions frame play

How victory conditions frame play

To understand each game's approach better, I encourage you to look at the games themselves, or better yet, play them. The online learning game Evivve does something similar, but emphasises strategizing how each player will contribute their effort towards the common goal.

gamesDave EngApril 24, 2022Games, player, winning, board game, online learning, engaging, newsComment

Board games for participatory research

Board games for participatory research

In 2015 we carried out an experimental ethnography using a board game in a participatory research in Tarapacá in the Colombian Amazon. With the board game, new variables of analysis emerged, such as intra-community redistribution, sufficiency, and seasonality of planting and harvesting, which transformed the initial hypothesis and explain the low level of sales of chagra products by indigenous peoples and the lack of a permanent marketplace.

video gamesDave EngJuly 18, 2021experimental, ethnography, board gameComment

Fly Your Own Airship! New Steampunk Game: Air Sloop from Tesseray Games and Designer Dave Eng

Fly Your Own Airship! New Steampunk Game: Air Sloop from Tesseray Games and Designer Dave Eng

Join the Air Sloop crew in the world of Dave Eng and enjoy this new, immersive, steampunk board game. Be one of the first to play and be a part of the great steampunk tradition. The game is easy enough for beginners yet offers high re-playability for even the most seasoned gamers. There are six different airships to pick from to explore a map that changes every time.

Air SloopDave EngJuly 9, 2021board game, press release, air sloop, dave eng, tesseray games, announcement, kickstarterComment

Students test their skills with ancient board game

Students test their skills with ancient board game

Most of us are well aware of the complicated game of chess, where many skilled players can dominate their competition. Few of us are aware that there is an ancient game called "Hnefatafl," that actually is a precursor to the modern game of chess we know today. Students in Mrs. Michelle Anderson's mythology class had the immense pleasure of getting to experience this strategic game this past week.

board gamesDave EngMarch 20, 2021ancient, board gameComment

Lafayette investor creates board game to teach development concepts

Lafayette investor creates board game to teach development concepts

Learning what it takes to be a successful real estate investor may seem like a lot and it may even seem like it could be a little boring. Terrica Lynn Smith created a Monopoly-like game that not only teaches you to buy property but also teaches you how to build developments and ultimately get the keys to the city.

board games, serious gamesDave EngFebruary 28, 2021board game, teaching, developmentComment

Among Us works because it's a board game in disguise

Among Us works because it's a board game in disguise

There are three places where you can expect to be shushed by strangers: in a public library, on a quiet train carriage, and during a game of Among Us. All three share a social contract, a communal understanding that this will work better for all of us if we shut up.

board games, video gamesDave EngJanuary 28, 2021Among us, board gameComment

This board game asks questions about Roe v. Wade, the drug culture and “I Love Lucy”

This board game asks questions about Roe v. Wade, the drug culture and “I Love Lucy”

As we look ahead to a winter where we're more cooped up than usual, a new board game wants to reach nostalgic baby boomers. Boom Again is a game primarily for people born between 1946 and 1964, packed with questions about historical events, such as the major societal milestones, critical legislation and pop culture.

board games, learning gameDave EngJanuary 26, 2021board game, roe vs wadeComment

Sierra Leone Uses Board Game as Part of Driver's License Test

Sierra Leone Uses Board Game as Part of Driver's License Test

In the good old days, all you had to do to get a driver's license was, you know, prove that you could drive. At least in Sierra Leone, you have to play a board game before you can even take the licensing test.

board games, driving testDave EngJanuary 15, 2021board game, driving test, sierra leoneComment

Chicago defense attorney creates 'Trials & Triumph' board game to help teens with police interactions

Chicago defense attorney creates 'Trials & Triumph' board game to help teens with police interactions

"Parents don't realize the power of a veteran cop sitting and grilling their 15- or 16-year-old child. And so, the purpose of the game is to teach teens and adults how to interact safely with police, how to avoid the criminal justice system all together and how to make it home safely," she said.

police, board gamesDave EngJanuary 7, 2021board game, policeComment

UW student creates board game for children in refugee camp

UW student creates board game for children in refugee camp

Joel Baraka can only imagine how much more challenging the COVID-19 pandemic has made learning in the Ugandan refugee camp in which he grew up. It prompted him to start a fundraiser to cover the costs of mass producing the board game he created for children in the camp.

board games, humanitarianDave EngDecember 18, 2020board game, refugeeComment

Want to Learn How the Pentagon Works? Then Play This Board Game

Want to Learn How the Pentagon Works? Then Play This Board Game

If you are someone who'd like to learn how to create a defense policy that balances strategic goals, military means, and a tight defense budget, there's a board game for that. The ink drawing of the Pentagon-surrounded by little tanks and planes-on the game box is the first clue that Hedgemony: A Game of Strategic Choices is no ordinary tabletop game.

board gamesDave EngNovember 9, 2020pentagon, board gameComment

The Board Game Design Virtual Summit

The Board Game Design Virtual Summit

The Board Game Design Virtual Summit September 14-20, 2020

virtual summit, game design, board gamesDave EngAugust 31, 2020board game, virtual summit, game designComment

Should You Play Go? A Review 2500 Years Later

Should You Play Go? A Review 2500 Years Later

There is a saying in Go that sets the tone for the game as you begin: lose your first 100 games quickly.

go, game, review, board gamesDave EngAugust 14, 2020go, game, review, board gameComment

We now have an official NASA board game, based on actual moon missions

We now have an official NASA board game, based on actual moon missions

Based on the description, Apollo looks to be a full-on cooperative game for 2-5 players where one person takes ground control while the rest are astronauts going on a mission.

NASA, board gamesDave EngJuly 28, 2020NASA, board gameComment

Changing a classic board game to online: A look behind the scenes

Changing a classic board game to online: A look behind the scenes

Starting the after-game-reflection with a short debrief of how the game experience worked online gives you and the team an indication of the first part.

game developmentDave EngJuly 19, 2020board game, classic, game developmentComment