When the son of a federales is kidnapped by your cartel for ransom, the heat is on and you're running out of places to run. Will you manage to get out of this alive or will it all go up in flames?
When the son of a federales is kidnapped by your cartel for ransom, the heat is on and you're running out of places to run. Will you manage to get out of this alive or will it all go up in flames?
When the son of a federales is kidnapped by your cartel for ransom, the heat is on and you're running out of places to run. Will you manage to get out of this alive or will it all go up in flames?
Use design thinking skills to create a Proof of Concept idea for a game. During this hands-on workshop, we will use design mindsets and process to design a game. All materials will be provided.
Game Studies Podcasting with Subject Matter: Table Top
Summary:
Subject Matter: Table Top is an academic podcast about board games and the subject matter that animate them. Join the hosts as they reflect upon playing games with subject experts over the last year.
Description:
Subject Matter: Table Top (SM:TT) is an academic podcast about board games and the subject matter that animate them. Hosts Steve Gotzler and Jordan Tynes explore the world of tabletop games with people who possess a deep understanding of the themes, settings, systems, or content that we encounter in them. What does a historian think about while playing Pax Pamir? A labor organizer sitting down for a round of STRIKE? A space anthropologist and Terraforming Mars? SM:TT considers how games communicate information about the subjects they take up. It also asks how games can influence players’ feelings about each other, and the world that they inhabit. From the physical components strewn about the table, to the rules we share while playing, SM:TT explores the cultural relevance of tabletop gaming. Join the hosts for a discussion about game studies podcasting as scholarly research.
Using classic Game Theory models on conflict, trust, ethics, and decision-making, attendees will learn via role-play a series of engaging classroom experiences.
Description:
Using common, easy-to-find, materials, participants will learn the mechanics and the theory behind numerous Game Theory archetype games. The activities will range from the Prisoner's Dilemma to the Ultimatum Game as well as the Stag Hunt to name but a few. We will also very lightly debrief the mathematics and history that drives the underlying engines driving the games presented. Applications from Nuclear War to business and ethics will be touched on.
Common business & educator situations and the game industry collide in this Clue-meets-Family-Feud style seminar. Case studies, in-class analysis, & expert advice!
Description:
A seminar favorite, revised for this year! We identify cases (I am making lots of sales - why don't I have more money in my bank account?) and in game-style fashion, the audience shares their thoughts and we share ours (treats/prizes for matched answers!!). Slides sent to participants after the convention.
King Robert is Dead! The Seven Kingdoms brace for battle! You think you know who will take the Iron Throne? Choose your house and see if it's you!
Description:
Six players take on the roles of the great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. Each vieing for the Iron Throne with the Wildling and ever present threat. Game of Thrones is an epic board game in which it will take more then military might to win. Through strategic planning, masterful diplomacy and clever card play, spread your influence over Westeros to see if you'll wear the crown and sit atop the Iron Throne in the end.
King Robert is Dead! The Seven Kingdoms brace for battle! You think you know who will take the Iron Throne? Choose your house and see if it's you!
Description:
Six players take on the roles of the great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. Each vieing for the Iron Throne with the Wildling and ever present threat. Game of Thrones is an epic board game in which it will take more then military might to win. Through strategic planning, masterful diplomacy and clever card play, spread your influence over Westeros to see if you'll wear the crown and sit atop the Iron Throne in the end.