Developing A Game-Based Intervention To Improve Social Belonging
Summary:
Can games improve feelings of belonging? This is a presentation of a scientific game design study to a broad audience. Development, testing, and future implications are discussed.
Description:
When someone feels socially isolated or uncertain about their belonging, their mental and physical health can suffer. Students might experience lower grades and even see their career prospects worsen. We know that interventions focused on improving social belonging can lessen many of these negative effects, but current interventions are typically too burdensome to complete. An alternative intervention to promote social belonging was tested: a collaborative card game. Similar to how games are playtested, participants were recruited to brainstorm content for the game and pilot test several prototypes. This presentation will cover the development and results of the study, as well as what possible future implications game-based interventions might have for the game industry and academia alike.
Join us for an interactive discussion on how to start and maintain a long-running RPG Campaign Learn tips and tricks from module creation and story arcs to home brew character sheets and mechanics.
Description:
Each panelist has run or participated in a campaign that has lasted numerous years, with the longest being over 35+ years. While we allotted 50 minutes for last year's panel, attendees asked for more time for questions -- so this year we have allocated 90 minutes. If you need to leave early, it's no problem.
Weary travelers come into the quite peaceful town, but is it as peaceful as it seems? Come find out if you and your fellow travelers can figure out the mystery of the small town before it's too late.
Description:
This is a semi-homebrew one shot using D&D 5e rules & setting to tell a unique story.
Your Posse has been called to Catfish Wallow, Kansas. Seems the Union Pacific 305 has crashed. Thieves are gathering. Governor says Keep the train's contents out of unsavory hands and kept secret.
Description:
Your Posse has been called to Catfish Wallow, Kansas. Seems the Union Pacific 305, on the Missouri-Kansas-Texas line has crashed due to undetermined causes. Thieves are gathering like horse flies on a manure pile. Governor's concerned cause he says unusual cargo has been strewn about. Keep the train's contents out of unsavory hands and kept secret.
It’s the archdevil Azrul’s birthday! You’re a lesser devil who serves Azrul, and you’ve decided to do something nice for Azrul for its special day. It won’t be savory, but it’ll be an adventure!
Description:
You’re a lesser devil that lives in Hell and serves the archdevil Azrul. Today, it’s Azrul’s birthday. You and your fellow minor devils have decided to get Azrul a present. If Azrul really likes it, you might get a promotion! But if Azrul hates it, well, you might get torn apart and fed to Azrul’s devil dogs. Best Beware: Azrul has really picky tastes. If you want to impress the archdevil, you’re going to need to find something rare and valuable. Getting it may require you to hack through some pesky mortals on the material plane.
This is a game about an isolated community, their language, and what it means for that language to be lost. In this game, you’ll tell the story of the community by building their language.
Description:
New words will come from the fundamental aspects of the community: who they are, what they believe in, and how they respond to a changing world. Players take away both the story they’ve told and the dialect they’ve built together.
Fast & fun press-your-luck game for fans of Diamant or Incan Gold. Draw splendor-like chips from your own bag without busting while advancing miners in 5 different caves looking for treasure!
Fast & fun press-your-luck game for fans of Diamant or Incan Gold. Draw splendor-like chips from your own bag without busting while advancing miners in 5 different caves looking for treasure!
Fast & fun press-your-luck game for fans of Diamant or Incan Gold. Draw splendor-like chips from your own bag without busting while advancing miners in 5 different caves looking for treasure!