Exploring Extreme Programming
NASAGA is the North American Simulation and Games Association, held in Washington, DC, Nov. 3-6. The games under discussion are mostly for teaching and facilitation more than pure “fun.” Continue reading NASAGA ’04 – North American Sim. & Games Assoc.
A framegame is a reusable game shell into which you plug in learning content. Continue reading Framegames
Practice standup meetings with a dysfunctional one. Continue reading Scrum from Hell
A framegame for classification. Continue reading Best Fit!
Simulate the difference between batch and lean approaches. Continue reading Push-Line/Pull-Line
William C. Wake, [email protected], July, 2004 Originally appeared in Simages, August, 2004 (Trademarks are capitalized). The Origins ’04 International Games Expo (http://www.originsgames.com) is a game conference sponsored by the Game Manufacturer’s Association (GAMA). It was held at the Columbus (Ohio) Continue reading Origins ’04 Trip Report
The Game Makers: The Story of Parker Brothers® from Tiddledy Winks to Trivial Pursuit®Philip E. Orbanes, Harvard Business School Press, 2004. ISBN 1-59139-269-1.This book tells the story of the company from its founding by George Parker, through growth and management Continue reading Review – The Game Makers
Game Inventor’s Handbook, Steve Peek. F&W Publications, 1993. ISBN 1-55870-315-2. The “Game Inventor’s Marketing Handbook” would be a more accurate title. Other than one fairly light chapter on inventing games, the focus of this book is on selling and marketing Continue reading Review – Game Inventor’s Handbook
Get a feeling for pairing. Continue reading Pair Practice
Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations, R.C. Bell, Dover, 1979. Last year, I got to play Nine-Men’s Morris, a more challenging relative of tic-tac-toe. (I lost consistently:( But that inspired me to find a book describing many old games: Continue reading Review – Board and Table Games