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How Fantasy Sports Enhance Critical Thinking and Strategic Planning

How Fantasy Sports Enhance Critical Thinking and Strategic Planning

Fantasy sports have transformed into sophisticated platforms that enhance critical thinking and strategic planning skills. Participants analyze player statistics, historical performance, and matchup projections to make informed decisions. Roster management requires balancing player potential and injury risks, while trading involves assessing team needs and negotiating effectively. Developing a long-term strategy emphasizes adaptability and foresight. Additionally, real-time updates from sports news influence decision-making. Understanding opponents' strategies is vital, as is managing the psychological aspects of losses and expectations. Overall, fantasy sports cultivate valuable skills like analytical thinking and data-driven decision-making, which extend into real-life scenarios.

strategy, contributed article, analysisDave EngOctober 16, 2024strategy, contributed article, analysisComment

Gamifying Strategy: The important role of the non-playing character

Gamifying Strategy: The important role of the non-playing character

We wanted our leaders to be playful with their learning and leave the three-day event with an intimate personal knowledge of the strategy. 'Purpose Points' were the game's rewards for demonstrating specific leadership behaviors, which we believe will be vital in delivering our new learning mindset strategy renewal process, which translated to money for eight local charities we worked with that week.

non-player characterDave EngDecember 17, 2023strategy, leaders, learningComment

Why, and Why Not to use Simulations in Learning

Why, and Why Not to use Simulations in Learning

The earliest simulations with a focus on learning and improvement were wargames, and it could be argued that modern learning simulations, or even games-based learning as a field, has grown out the need for combatants to understand past strategies, and to develop and test new ones.

simulationsDave EngApril 3, 2023Game design, simulations, strategy, wargaming, learning, students, newsComment

The Psychology of Gamification: Why and How Does It Work

The Psychology of Gamification: Why and How Does It Work

Gamification has become a passion among people to increase the online image of their businesses. What does Gamification mean? Gamification refers to using game elements in real-life business and market strategies.

gamificationDave EngFebruary 6, 2023Gamification, motivation, market, online, strategy, employee, newsComment

Strategy: A missing component in Gamification

Strategy: A missing component in Gamification

One of the more common questions I get about gamification is "What is the difference between games and gamification". Strategy copy Strategy A missing component in Gamification. Gamification is, in general, becoming much better implemented.

gamificationDave EngOctober 21, 2022Gamification, strategy, mechanics, elements, inspiration cards, newsComment

Play your cards right

Play your cards right

Like many schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, we run a three-year course for science GCSE, but it is a challenging step up for many students from lower school learning. Early in the course, students need to gain fluency with atomic structure, linking it to the periodic table, isotopes and ions.

Cards, Compounds, gamesDave EngSeptember 28, 2022Game play, strategy, cards, students, science, school learning, newsComment

Let’s know about the top 5 latest applications of machine learning used in video games

Let’s know about the top 5 latest applications of machine learning used in video games

Currently, opponents in a video game are pre-scripted NPCs, whereas a machine learning NPC could allow users to play against less predictable foes, making the game much more interesting.

video games, machine learningDave EngSeptember 15, 2022Gamification, games, strategy, strategy games, tools, newsComment

The game as a tool: what is gamification?

The game as a tool: what is gamification?

Based on the experience of specific people and organizations, we explain how gamification can be a method for research, education, improvement of the urban environment, and organization of interaction between different subjects.

gamificationDave EngSeptember 13, 2022Gamification, games, strategy, strategy games, tools, newsComment

Play with a Purpose

Play with a Purpose

Extensive research with teams in settings as diverse as classic offices and steel mills revealed a series of running themes; the support available for ideas to emerge and coalesce, the style of leadership enabling that process and, funnily enough, playfulness.

Purposes, playDave EngAugust 31, 2022Gamification, leadership, strategy, teams, workplace learning, newsComment

Video Games as an Effective Learning Medium – Are we there yet?

Video Games as an Effective Learning Medium – Are we there yet?

Amidst all the bustling speculation surrounding the potential of the metaverse, along with COVID-19 restrictions, video games have skyrocketed in popularity. The term 'gamification' has become a hot topic in the education landscape as developers attempt to tackle how we ignite a similar level of engagement seen in normal video games, in learning.

video gamesDave EngAugust 17, 2022Video games, effective learning, gamification, education, online, friends, strategy, newsComment

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

Will gamification replace paper tests?

Will gamification replace paper tests?

In-class exams have the power to make even the most dedicated of students quake with fear, not to mention the damage they can do to the egos of struggling learners. For some students, the stress causes their minds to go blank, while others experience physical symptoms like headaches and nausea.

gamificationDave EngAugust 1, 2022Gamification, education, exams, students, stress, strategy, newsComment

Playing Games Has Helped Humans Learn—and Survive

Playing Games Has Helped Humans Learn—and Survive

Alt dek: In. both games and life, how well you prepare in the early stages could determine how well you do in the later ones. It's a game called Muck, and it's another in a long line of contemporary survival video games. It's a delicate mix of entertainment and strategy, yet on a much deeper level, playing games may contribute to our overall evolutionary survival.

gamesDave EngMarch 24, 2022Video games, gaming culture, online gaming, entertainment, strategy, newsComment

Skills You Didn't Know You Could Learn From Video Games

Skills You Didn't Know You Could Learn From Video Games

Video games might not the first medium you think of when it comes to learning useful skills. Of course, there are games specifically designed for learning and to be educational, but even in games intended only for entertainment, there are surprisingly useful skills that can be learned. Here are some of the most useful that you’ve probably never thought of.

skills, contributed article, learningDave EngDecember 6, 2021skills, learn, patience, contributed article, strategy, socialization, empathyComment

Game Mechanics: How to make your players feel smart

Game Mechanics: How to make your players feel smart

Let's look at some examples of games that allow you the opportunity to feel smart and how you can apply similar ideas into your own games using the right game mechanics. Rather than developing a game with one linear path that players must follow, you can provide many choices throughout the game that will lead players in different directions.

game mechanicsDave EngJuly 1, 2021Game mechanics, game genres, strategyComment

14 Best Strategy Board Games For Teaching Employees Strategic Thinking

14 Best Strategy Board Games For Teaching Employees Strategic Thinking

Another reason why board games are so popular is that there is a board game for everybody, no matter what age or gender. For this discussion, we will focus on 14 of the most highly recommended and effective strategy board games that can actually teach strategic thinking to employees, entrepreneurs and business people.

board games, strategic thinking, strategyDave EngOctober 20, 2020board games, strategy, strategic thinkingComment