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Modern Board Games. Training | Team Building. agenda. Digital Games Introduction to Modern Board Games Thematic and Industry Specific Board Games Demonstration: The Mind Designing Your Own Board Games. Why?. Why learn about modern board games for training and development?. Digital games.
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Modern Board Games Training | Team Building
agenda • Digital Games • Introduction to Modern Board Games • Thematic and Industry Specific Board Games • Demonstration: The Mind • Designing Your Own Board Games
Why? Why learn about modern board games for training and development?
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Digital games 1935 - Monopoly 1938 - Scrabble 1957 - Risk 1947 - Clue
Application • Bloom’s Taxonomy: Knowledge/Remembering • Check for understanding • Increase knowledge retention with reinforcement • Increase engagement
modern board games Settlers of Catan (2002) • Designer worked on a game system that doesn’t use “roll and move” • Coined the term “Euro” game • Still popular today and can be found in Walmart, Target and Barnes & Noble
modern board games Ticket to Ride (2004) • One of the most popular modern board games over the past 15 years • No dice are used in the game • Has 15 versions and expansions
modern board games Pandemic (2015) • Cooperative Board Game
modern board games Codenames • Team based board game
Application • Ice Breaker • Collaboration/Team Building • Communication Styles • How Jargon can Help and Hinder Communication • Stronger as a Group than as an Individual
Types of modern board games • Strategic Games • Abstract • Party Games • Roll & Write • Dexterity • Escape Room
Communication & team building games • Dude • Telestrations • Happy Salmon • The Mind
The Rules • Players look at their cards but keep them secret from the other players. • All players place their hand into the center of the table and everyone removes them when they are ready. • Without communicating, players play their cards face up in the middle of the table. Each card played must be a higher value than the previous card. • If a player is holding a card that is lower than the current face-up card, play stops. The team loses one life. Then play resumes.
Application • Cooperation/Team Building • Demonstrating the Benefits of Effective Communication • Innovation Within Constraints • How Policies and Procedures can Impact Processes
3 Essential skills • Creativity/Game Ideas • A Basic Understanding of Game Mechanisms • Roll and Move, Set Collection, Route Building, Worker Placement, Tile Laying, etc. • Some Graphic Design • Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Paint