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Towards A Transpacific Future: A History Of Board Games In Taiwan

Towards A Transpacific Future: A History Of Board Games In Taiwan

Looking at the current market of board games designed by people in Taiwan makes one question the meaning of "Taiwan." If this name refers to a national boundary and subsequently the cultural creations that represent peoples, experiences, and histories within that boundary, board games have presented a conflicting image of Taiwan, in which appropriated figures of Western empire occupy and dominate most parts while the more organic and original scenes of Taiwan tend to be poorly depicted.

board gamesDave EngDecember 27, 2023Taiwan board games, colonial influences, cultural appropriation, imperial narratives, seminar games, decolonization in board gamesComment

What Were the Ancient Greek Board Games Like?

What Were the Ancient Greek Board Games Like?

To pass the time the ancient Greeks played various board and dice games which have been attested to in various literary and pictorial sources. Greek poets and philosophers frequently attributed board games and children's activities to divine creations, symbolizing essential moral lessons and serving as powerful metaphors for governing a state.

board gamesDave EngNovember 24, 2023philosophers, board games, challenge, greeksComment

3 Ways Board Games Can Help You Run Your Business, Department or Team

3 Ways Board Games Can Help You Run Your Business, Department or Team

Now, before you dismiss a board game as a childish endeavor not to be undertaken by serious business leaders, understand that the use of carefully crafted table top simulations has a rich history going back to at least the 1600s and for endeavors as serious as armed conflict.

board games, serious games, applied gamesDave EngOctober 13, 2023games, learning, interactiveComment

How Board Game Geek Helped Make Board Games More Inclusive

How Board Game Geek Helped Make Board Games More Inclusive

Board Game Geek could use behavioral data to curate lists that helped users better discern what exciting games were to them. Board Game Geek is a website that aspires to be the worldwide locus of all board game data.

board games, bgg, InclusionDave EngSeptember 15, 2023forums, inclusion, board gamesComment

Groping In The Dark: Intimacy In Nyctophobia

Groping In The Dark: Intimacy In Nyctophobia

Emma Leigh Waldron defines the term "Mediated intimacy" as intimacy that is "Given specific, shape, direction, intensity, or meaning" through a mediating practice, such as playing a game.5 Mediated intimacy describes how the flow of affect is oriented through play and how intimacy functions as a vector to describe the relationship between bodies.

players, board gamesDave EngSeptember 1, 2023players, platforms, relationships, board gamesComment

Mysterious Stone Spheres May be Earliest Ever Board Game

Mysterious Stone Spheres May be Earliest Ever Board Game

Key Points: Researchers believe tiny stone spheres found on the island of Santorini could be one of the earliest examples of an Ancient Greek board game. They used machine learning to analyze 700 stones according to a new methodology that shed light on potential patterning within the stone group.

board gamesDave EngFebruary 18, 2023Board games, stone spheres, Ancient Greek, science, researchers, archaeological, newsComment

Creating board games and historical simulations with designer David Thompson

Creating board games and historical simulations with designer David Thompson

Thompson's interest in games stems from his childhood and roleplaying games, such as Dungeon and Dragons. It was listening to the Secret Cabal Gaming Podcast that introduced Thompson to the concept of board game design.

board games, simulations, historyDave EngJanuary 27, 2023Board games, Rock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyo4News, Wyoming, newsComment

Board game developed by scientists is winning plaudits for inspiring students to consider STEM careers

Board game developed by scientists is winning plaudits for inspiring students to consider STEM careers

A team of scientists and a games specialist have designed 'Diamond: The Game', a board game developed to give secondary school students a chance to explore a broad range of STEM scientific careers and subjects.

STEM, board gamesDave EngOctober 10, 2022Board game, students, STEM, careers, scientists, winning, design, newsComment

Cardboard Poachers: Fan Cultures and Paratext in Board Games

Cardboard Poachers: Fan Cultures and Paratext in Board Games

Introducing a contrast between the video game industry and the board game industry, Will Emigh, a video and board game designer at Studio Cypher and lecturer in game design, notes how the former can sustain efficient means of distribution through the utilization of online spaces.

board gamesDave EngAugust 25, 2022Board games, play, popular culture, storytelling, transmedia, affective play, newsComment

Do Not Pass 'Go': How a Board Game Decision Is Applicable to Idea Theft Disputes in the Advertising Industry

Do Not Pass 'Go': How a Board Game Decision Is Applicable to Idea Theft Disputes in the Advertising Industry

The court's discussion of the circumstances under which a board game inventor could become entitled to royalties from the company to whom he pitched his ideas is highly relevant to the relationship between advertising agencies and advertisers, as well.

Dispute, board gamesDave EngAugust 21, 2022Board game, advertisingindustry, game decision, marketing ideas, goods, services, newsComment

Using a Board Game to Plan for a Changing Planet

Using a Board Game to Plan for a Changing Planet

The hapū of Tangoio Marae have a serious decision to make about this place that is so central to their community, and one of their decision-making tools is unorthodox: a board game. Called Marae-opoly, the Māori community designed the game in partnership with researchers from New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research with the explicit goal of helping the hapū decide how to manage the flood risk to their marae.

board games, serious gamesDave EngAugust 5, 2022Board game, money, educational value, games, decision-making tools, newsComment

A Look at Analysis Paralysis in Board Games

A Look at Analysis Paralysis in Board Games

My hope is that, by the end of this post, you'll understand what analysis paralysis is and be able to make sure that it doesn't cause issues between the people that you play games with. Analysis paralysis is not unique to tabletop gaming. Many strategic board games from the last few decades involve tough decisions, someof which might have an instant impact on the game, others of which will continue to influence your performance for turns to come.

Analysis Par, board gamesDave EngJuly 30, 2022Board game, analysis paralysis, tabletop games, strategic, performance, player, newsComment

AI-powered board game can help reduce social isolation in older adults

AI-powered board game can help reduce social isolation in older adults

It's no mystery why online games became an even-more popular pastime during the COVID-19 pandemic: They provide entertainment and social connection, while also keeping our brains stimulated. A new AI-powered game developed by a team of Johns Hopkins undergraduates aims to bring those positive benefits to older adults in retirement communities.

AI, board gamesDave EngJuly 26, 2022Board game, social isolation, older adults, AI, children, newsComment

Board games to engage in systems thinking

Board games to engage in systems thinking

To address the complexity of systems thinking and sustainable development, we designed a board game, Green Economy and developed a game-based learning approach utilizing this game. Games are models of systems and systems themselves which makes game play and game design promising learning tools for complex issues.

board gamesDave EngMay 7, 2021game, thinking, designComment

Monopoly Was Designed to Teach the 99% About Income Inequality

Monopoly Was Designed to Teach the 99% About Income Inequality

In the 1930s, at the height of the Great Depression, a down-on-his-luck family man named Charles Darrow invented a game to entertain his friends and loved ones, using an oilcloth as a playing surface.

board games, games-based learningDave EngMarch 29, 2021monopoly, board games, income inequalityComment

How a real-life monopoly made Monopoly the world’s biggest board game

How a real-life monopoly made Monopoly the world’s biggest board game

How did Hasbro corner the board game market? And could a new wave of collaborative board games threaten to disrupt their dominance?

board gamesDave EngMarch 21, 2021monopoly, board gamesComment

Students test their skills with ancient board game

Students test their skills with ancient board game

Most of us are well aware of the complicated game of chess, where many skilled players can dominate their competition. Few of us are aware that there is an ancient game called "Hnefatafl," that actually is a precursor to the modern game of chess we know today. Students in Mrs. Michelle Anderson's mythology class had the immense pleasure of getting to experience this strategic game this past week.

board gamesDave EngMarch 20, 2021ancient, board gameComment

An Analysis of Gender-Inclusive Language and Imagery in Top-Ranked Board Game Rulebooks

An Analysis of Gender-Inclusive Language and Imagery in Top-Ranked Board Game Rulebooks

Asked a question on the General Gaming forum about board game rulebooks: "Why do so many games insist on having gendered pronouns in the rulebooks?"1 The poster noted that their friends had actually drawn a line in the sand, writing, "They're not interested in learning a board game which only uses masculine pronouns"2 The post generated 361 replies, some supportive commiseration.

gender, board games, rulebooksDave EngMarch 15, 2021gender, rulebook, board gamesComment

Board Games Hit a High, But Local Shops and Gamers Struggle

Board Games Hit a High, But Local Shops and Gamers Struggle

Hasbro-which sells the classics like Monopoly, but also strategy and roleplaying games like Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons-reported a more than 20 percent increase in board game revenue last quarter.

board gamesDave EngMarch 7, 2021board games, struggle, covidComment

Bonding through board games

Bonding through board games

Playing board games gets everyone in the same room and helps family members across generations connect and have a great time together. A program about "Bonding with Board Games" will be held via zoom on Wednesday, December 2nd at 12:10 pm.

board gamesDave EngMarch 3, 2021bonding, board gamesComment