Many years ago, I attempted to create my own encyclopaedia of game mechanisms by playing/reading the rules of all the board games I owned (which was a considerable number, and has only increased since then) […]
Over the last year or so, face-to-face, in person facilitation of learning is something that we have had to largely do without. We have had to learn new ways to deliver the same value to […]
If you’ve ever been involved in a change initiative, chances are, somewhere along the line, you have come across a kind of ‘magical thinking’ whereby those proposing the changes miss out many of the details […]
Over the last couple of weeks, a conversation started, in a games-based learning community to which I belong, about how to talk about games-based learning, to two groups of people, in particular – those who […]
In perhaps the most highbrow mother-in-law joke ever, it is said that John Milton started work on ‘Paradise Lost’ (1667) when his wife’s mother moved in with him, and on ‘Paradise Regained’ (1671) shortly after […]
Living Complexity is described by its author, Luca Minudel, as a catalogue of practices for use within teams, with an eye also at the broader organisation. The readers who will probably find most value here […]
Victor Motti’s book, ‘A Transformation Journey to Creative and Alternative Planetary Futures’, embodies a heartfelt plea for the creation of a planetary-wide consciousness, which the author (probably quite rightly) believes is our best hope for […]
It never ceases to surprise and delight me how the creators of modern board games are able to consistently push the envelope in how relatively simple materials can be used to create elaborate and beautiful […]
There are a number of ways in which games can be classified or described as systems. In regard to their composition, they can be seen as collections of inter-related parts; rules, mechanisms, physical components and […]
Nowadays, when most people hear the term ‘Cybernetics’ they will tend to associate it with computer technology, possibly in a sci-fi or futuristic context. However, the term existed well before the age of digital computing. […]
Ideas, Arrangements, Effects (IAE) by the Design Studio for Social Intervention (DS4SI) starts with a simple premise. Ideas are embedded in social arrangements, which in turn produce effects. This is, in itself, a very simple […]
On 10th October 2020, Sarah from Ludogogy facilitated a panel discussion on how games and gamification could be used to address the wicked problems of the Climate Crisis. This is the recording of that session.
The Board Game Summit ran as a virtual conference from 14th to the 20th September, with six days of themed interviews with industry experts, and a panel wrap-up discussion on the last day. If what […]
There are a number of frameworks which can be used when designing games for learning. One that was specifically designed to address the particular challenges of designing games for learning is the Design, Play, Experience […]
I bought a copy of ‘Actionable Gamification: Beyond Points, Badges and Leaderboards’ the very day it became available. I had been a fan of Yu-kai Chou’s Octalysis framework for some time by then, and I […]
Ludogogy 2020
