What’s Your Game Plan?: Turn Your Lesson or Training into a Game
Summary:
Can you enhance a teaching lesson or training exercise with the mechanics of board games in only 20 minutes? For educators, training managers, content & game designers.
Description:
What does the lesson “Finding Citations,” the game “Trivial Pursuit,” and the mechanic “Bluffing” have in common? In this boot camp brainstorm, your team’s mission to enhance a teaching lesson or training exercise with the mechanics of popular board games in only 20 minutes. Whether you need to teach the rules of citation or compliance, there’s a game plan that can help. If you’re an educator, training manager, presenter, instructional designer, or game designer, you’ll learn how to integrate non-digital educational games or simulations into your classroom or workspace. This full-featured workshop begins with an interactive lecture on game pedagogy, then segues into whole room active game design, and is kept at an optimum size so we can explore your instructional problems in depth. Led by a professor from the City University of New York. (Workshop changes each year.)
What’s Your Game Plan?: Turn Your Lesson or Training into a Game
Summary:
Can you enhance a teaching lesson or training exercise with the mechanics of board games in only 20 minutes? For educators, training managers, content & game designers.
Description:
What does the lesson “Finding Citations,” the game “Trivial Pursuit,” and the mechanic “Bluffing” have in common? In this boot camp brainstorm, your team’s mission to enhance a teaching lesson or training exercise with the mechanics of popular board games in only 20 minutes. Whether you need to teach the rules of citation or compliance, there’s a game plan that can help. If you’re an educator, training manager, presenter, instructional designer, or game designer, you’ll learn how to integrate non-digital educational games or simulations into your classroom or workspace. This full-featured workshop begins with an interactive lecture on game pedagogy, then segues into whole room active game design, and is kept at an optimum size so we can explore your instructional problems in depth. Led by a professor from the City University of New York. (Workshop changes each year.)
Your team of scrappy modern heroes battles endless armies of undead. One of the best cooperative tactical miniature games ever made.
Description:
Your team of scrappy modern heroes battles endless armies of undead. One of the best cooperative tactical miniature games ever made. The game’s rules will be taught by very experienced players. See my list of recommended family games at joebisz.com/familygames.
Your team of vagabond medieval heroes battles endless armies of undead. One of the best cooperative tactical miniature games ever made.
Description:
Your team of vagabond medieval heroes battles endless armies of undead. One of the best cooperative tactical miniature games ever made. The game’s rules will be taught by very experienced players. See my list of recommended family games at joebisz.com/familygames.
Play a casual group game, with no need to make a deck! In the exciting "Arda" format, players draw from "shared decks" and uniquely customize their companies and strategies as the game progresses.
Description:
>How long has it been since you’ve played Iron Crown Enterpises’ iconic collectible card game from 1995, set in Tolkien’s Middle-earth universe?
>In the exciting multiplayer “Arda” format, there is no need to make a deck. Instead, players draw from “shared decks” and uniquely customize their companies and strategies as the game progresses.
>Journey back to the most strategic collectible card game ever made.
>The rules will not be taught, so you should have experience playing the game before. However, the environment will be casual enough so even if you are very rusty, players will happily help you! We will also have at least one ARDA game with absolutely no virtual cards (except the Wizards). (We also have another event called “Middle-earth CCG by ICE - Learn to Play” if you need a rules refresher first, or are a brand-new player!)
For this casual event, we’ll provide you with one of the official MECCG preconstructed decks, which are well-designed and quite fun! Be at least loosely familiar with the rules.
Description:
For this casual event, we’ll provide you with one of the official MECCG preconstructed decks, which are well-designed and quite fun! You should be at least loosely familiar with the rules. Dropping out early is fine if you need to do something else.
Consider joining us Saturday for our ultra-casual “Middle-earth CCG “Arda” Format” (no deck needed—see event TCG19147548). If you’d like to learn the game, join us Thursday for “Middle-earth CCG by ICE - Learn to Play” (no deck needed—see event TCG19147635).
For more info on the game itself, see: https://councilofelrond.org (under “Forum”) and https://cardgamegeek.com/games/meccg.
Old players who need a rules refresh can join too. The game is out of print, but you can buy sealed packs, or play freely online.
Description:
Curious about one of the first CCGs ever made?
Learn to play the Middle-earth collectible card game from ICE in 1995, taught to you by the 7-time North American MECCG champion. Old players who need a rules refresh can join too, and we’ll even include some advanced strategy riddles. The game is out of print, but you can buy sealed packs, or play freely online. We’ll show you some challenge decks (and a special demo deck) so you can start playing with us right away. Then, consider joining us later for our ultra-casual “Middle-earth CCG “Arda” Format” (no deck needed—see event TCG19147548).
For more info on the game itself, see: https://councilofelrond.org (under “Forum”) and https://cardgamegeek.com/games/meccg.
Redesigning Board Games for Instructional Purposes
Summary:
We will play a well-designed game (e.g. Pandemic), study its mechanics, then design an instructional variant of that game. For educators, training managers, & learning game designers.
Description:
Are you a teacher, training manager, content designer or learning game designer? We’re going to play a well-designed commercial board or card game (e.g. Pandemic, Red7, Forbidden Island) for 45 minutes. Next, we will study reference cards I created that meticulously examine how the game might be modified to teach any school or workplace instructional goal (or to visualize a problem). Finally, you will pick such a goal, and together with the other smart people on your team, brainstorm a new learning game that is inspired by the game you just played. You will walk away with several ideas for enhancing your own instruction. Led by a professor of game-based learning pedagogy.
Join us for a casual tournament where you draft from a carefully selected pool of 480 cards. "Cube" captures the sealed deck experience, but with better combos and strategic gameplay. No deck needed.
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Has it been a while since you've played this amazing collectible card game from Decipher, made in 1995? Join us for a very casual tournament where you draft from a carefully selected pool of 480 cards. "Cube" captures the sealed deck experience, but with better combos and strategic gameplay. No deck needed. This time we will also have a few slots for players wishing to play a "No Virtual Cards" cube, so if you prefer to play that way, email the organizer after you register. The rules will not be taught, so you should have experience playing the game before. However, the environment will be casual enough that if you are a little rusty, players will happily help you! (We also have another event called "Star Wars CCG by Decipher - Learn to Play" if you need a rules refresher first, or are a brand-new player!)
Old players who need a rules refresh can join too. The game is out of print, but you can buy sealed packs, or play freely online.
Description:
>Curious about one of the first CCGs ever made?
>Learn to play the highly strategic Star Wars collectible card game from Decipher 1995. Old players who need a rules refresh can join too. The game is out of print, but you can buy sealed packs, or play freely online. We’ll show you some demo decks so you can start playing with us right away (the demo decks are free to print online). And if you think you’re one with the force, consider joining us later for our casual Star Wars “CUBE” event (no deck needed—see event TCG19147546).
>For more info on the game itself, see: https://www.starwarsccg.org/newplayers