european planning conference 2015 "what strategists can learn from tabletop games"
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European Planning Conference 2015
What we can learn from tabletop games
Willem van der Horst@Hippowill
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A game is an activity that must have the following characteristics:fun: the activity is chosen for its light-hearted characterseparate: it is circumscribed in time and placeuncertain: the outcome of the activity is unforeseeablenon-productive: participation does not accomplish anything usefulgoverned by rules: the activity has rules that are different from everyday lifefictitious: it is accompanied by the awareness of a different reality
Roger Caillois, Les jeux et les hommes
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To sum things up
1.Objectives, situations, strategies and tactics2.Logic, reasoning and creativity3.Playing with numbers4.Speaking with an audience5.Writing & improvising solid stories6.Stepping in someone else’s shoes 7.Collaborative problem solving8.It’s fun!
Go out and play!
Thanks
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