Factions are the result of conflicting cultural norms. Factions are more believable if their values and beliefs are in conflict with another faction. Values and beliefs, of course, are expressed by their unique faction mechanics. Source: Create characters and world-building
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Create characters and world-building
Characters can come alive during gameplay if they are unique in some way. However, just giving a character a special power doesn’t cut it. World-building and mechanics need to be knitted together to create compelling characters who don’t need lore dumps for us to know who they are and what they want. Source: Create characters […]
Sharing What You Love | Dr. Ian O’Byrne
This is not just about helping to build a love of specific content with students. Yes, you could inspire them to pursue a career in microbiology, but this also includes the need to share the knowledge, skills, and dispositions important to the discipline. In plain English, you are sharing not only content in your math […]
Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds
False beliefs can be useful in a social sense even if they are not useful in a factual sense. For lack of a better phrase, we might call this approach “factually false, but socially accurate.” When we have to choose between the two, people often select friends and family over facts. Source: Why Facts Don’t […]
Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds
We don’t always believe things because they are correct. Sometimes we believe things because they make us look good to the people we care about. Source: Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds
AGLS Playbook – AGLS
A coach needs a variety of plays to call upon as the game unfolds. There simply is not one right play to run at any given time in any given game against any given team. Similarly, there is no single right response for key general education questions. It depends on who is asking and why […]
10 Black Innovators Who Changed the Gaming Industry – Nerdist
This list of Black innovators in the gaming industry certainly isn’t exhaustive. But it is a starting point to learn more about Black geek history. Here are 10 names you should know. Source: 10 Black Innovators Who Changed the Gaming Industry – Nerdist
Ways to Spark Inspiration – Carla Kopp
I sometimes really want to design a game with a specific mechanism. Why? I’m not entirely sure, but my game design style usually involves creating a game with a specific mechanism, then moving on to a new and different mechanism. I like experiencing a ton of different ways for players to interact, rather than seeing […]
Ways to Spark Inspiration – Carla Kopp
I always work better under specific constraints. Giving yourself several of them can actually make it so much easier to get a direction for a design. It’s partially due to the fact that, when you make a game without limitations, it can be about absolutely anything and with any number of mechanics. Choosing between the […]
Make Rules | A place rules call home
This guide is directed towards the individual who wants to write a rulebook for a board game.Learn to write rules in 5 simple steps. Source: Make Rules | A place rules call home
