"The difficulty with the statement "Games must be fun" is that different people see different things as fun. It's the same problem with the concept of "what is relevant" in the information field - it is defined by the…"
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Selling some board games (order by Nov. 5)
Started Nov 4, 2012 0 Replies 0 Favorites
I'm selling off a chunk of my board game collection at good prices, and can bring them to NASAGA to save on shipping.The list is up at …Continue
Debriefing facilitated by a computer?
Started Feb 7, 2012 0 Replies 0 Favorites
I'm presenting a paper next month on debriefing in experiential educational games. My hypothesis is that we are not doing a good job incorporating debriefing into educational games. As these will…Continue
Were you a gamer first? Need stories and examples!
Started this discussion. Last reply by Greg Koeser Nov 6, 2011. 1 Reply 0 Favorites
As part of a new path of marketing NASAGA to gamers in the workplace, I'm doing a workshop next week at the Board Game Geek annual event helping gamers think about how they can turn their passion…Continue
Colloquium on Modern Board Games from MIT
Started Sep 16, 2011 0 Replies 0 Favorites
Greetings! I'm at MIT for the academic year as a visiting scholar for the Comparative Media Studies department. During this year, I'm working closely with the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT game lab. I gave…Continue
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Scott Nicholson posted a discussionSelling some board games (order by Nov. 5)
I'm selling off a chunk of my board game collection at good prices, and can bring them to NASAGA to save on shipping.The list is up at http://tinyurl.com/agunx6o .If there is something you'd like to purchase, please let me know on or before Nov. 5th, so I can pack it in my suitcase for you!See More
Scott Nicholson posted a discussionDebriefing facilitated by a computer?
I'm presenting a paper next month on debriefing in experiential educational games. My hypothesis is that we are not doing a good job incorporating debriefing into educational games. As these will not have a human facilitator, I've been looking into self-assessment tools that can allow for debriefing.I would like to present models of games that do this well or programs that facilitate a debriefing. Have you created, or are you familiar with, any tools that take a single participant through…See More
Pierre Corbeil commented on Scott Nicholson's blog post Are you a game hobbyist?"Simulations Publications Inc..., or SPI. Once a wargamer, forever a wargamer. I have been playing wargames, since I was about 17, the old Avalon Hill Gettysburg game being one of my first. In the late 60's, small companies sold games in…"
"I was definitely a board game enthusiast first before I started applying my passion for games to the workplace.
I had already been bitten by the game enthusiast bug in high school (Illuminati, Nuclear War, Cosmic Wimpout,…"
Scott Nicholson posted a discussionWere you a gamer first? Need stories and examples!
As part of a new path of marketing NASAGA to gamers in the workplace, I'm doing a workshop next week at the Board Game Geek annual event helping gamers think about how they can turn their passion about games into something in the workplace. So, I'm looking for Your Story! I'd like to find the stories from people who started from a love of games, and found a way to fit them into their work. My goal is to present a variety of scenarios to help folks think about how they might make a connection…See More
Scott Nicholson posted a blog postAre you a game hobbyist?
Greetings! One of my areas of focus in NASAGA is to make it easier for game hobbyists and enthusiasts to get involved. One way I want to do this is to gather cases of NASAGA members who got into what they are doing because of their passion for games. For those people who already know games, we want to raise awareness of how they can turn their passion into something valuable for an organization. So, the purpose of this request is to collect your stories. I'm seeking people who came to an…See More
Scott Nicholson posted a discussionColloquium on Modern Board Games from MIT
Greetings! I'm at MIT for the academic year as a visiting scholar for the Comparative Media Studies department. During this year, I'm working closely with the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT game lab. I gave the opening colloquium for the department, which was a talk about modern board games and the variety of mechanisms that have been developed. The video is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAa_lAyE9bg and embedded below, and only the…See More
Scott Nicholson replied to Pierre Corbeil's discussion Older games are better because... in the group Ancestors"I prefer to call them "face to face" games, having also tried out "tabletop" and "analog" games. Calling them "face to face" games emphasizes the very important rich social interactions that can take…"
"Thanks for sharing this experience, Scott. It sounds like a wonderful opportunity. I was able to meet one of the game designers Nathan Verrill at the LEEF conference and his side of how the night went (which he thought was great but that they…"
Scott Nicholson posted a discussionFind the Future report from the NYPL
In May of 2011, the New York Public Library hosted a big game run by Jane McGonigal called "Find the Future". Over 5000 people applied to be one of the 500 who would go to the NYPL and participate in writing a book in one evening. The game ran from 8pm until 6am.I was one of those 500 people, so I thought I would share my experiences.We reported to the NYPL before 8pm to get checked in and get our smartphones working with the game interface. (You can still see the online game through …See More
Scott Nicholson replied to Greg Koeser's discussion Virtual Conference and my thoughts"I would think that for a virtual conference to work in the NASAGA style, the focus would need to be on interactive online activities.
Just like in-person NASAGA focuses on activities and not slides, the virtual conference would need to do the…"
chris saeger replied to Scott Nicholson's discussion CBS piece on board games"Scott,
I saw the piece this morning. It was nice piece overall. Great job. Having heard you before, I wished they had lingered a bit on the interview with you. "
Scott Nicholson posted a discussionCBS piece on board games
This morning, there was a piece on CBS Morning News about the revival of board games. I was a part of it. One of the interesting focus areas of the piece is on the social nature of board games as being a key draw, and I think there are interesting parallels to the type of training games we do as compared to a single-learner module. You can see the piece at http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7361550n Scott (sadly, all of the…See More
"Scott, I think this is a very good idea. A top-level tab with "About NASAGA" or "What is NASAGA" would be a great addition to the site.
Our previous site had such a page, if I remember correctly, so I believe the organization…"
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- I'm an associate professor at Syracuse University's School of Information Studies and I run the Library Game Lab of Syracuse. I study how libraries use games.
I also am the host of the video series "Board Games with Scott" and designer of the board game "Tulipmania 1637"
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Are you a game hobbyist?
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 3:12pm 1 Comment 0 Favorites
Greetings!
One of my areas of focus in NASAGA is to make it easier for game hobbyists and enthusiasts to get involved. One way I want to do this is to gather cases of NASAGA members who got into what they are doing because of their passion for games. For those people who already know games, we want to raise awareness of how they can turn their passion into something valuable for an organization.
So, the purpose of this request is to collect your stories.…
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- At 2:08pm on July 29, 2010,
François Lavallée said… - Hello Scott
It looks like we have a common friend : Christian Lemay!
We have started working together on a training project involving fishing rods and bicycles....dah!
NO
Involving GAMES !
Thanks to your insights from NASAGA 2009!
- At 9:28am on October 9, 2009,
Jimbo said… - Scott. Love your video reviews. Sorry I wasn't there to meet you this year...Jimbo
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