Board Game Jam – Staff and Student sessions
Original board games created by University of Edinburgh staff and students during workshops run by Stephanie (Charlie) Farley and Gavin Willshaw.
In each session groups are provided with packs of postcard images from the University of Edinburgh Image Collections with information on the image’s source and licence.
Participants then need to select which images in their pack were suitable for their needs and used the images to inspire the setting and theme of their game.
Information and documents to run your own Board Game Jam available here
- Half-Day Staff & Students BGJ 2016
- LTW Away Day BGJ 2016
- eLearning@Ed BGJ 2016
- EUSA Peer Learning & Support BGJ 2017
- Future Teacher BGJ Feb 2017
- Future Teacher BGJ May 2017
- ECA BGJ Nov 2017
Games from Half-Day Staff & Students Board Game Jam 2016
This half-day workshop was run for a mixture of staff and students. Participants were introduced to the differences between copyright and licensing, how to identify licensed material that is free for re-use, and how to licence their own work. They were then guided through all the steps to create their own board game. Including prototyping, play-testing, and adding variety and fun by employing different game mechanics.
- Ragamala – created by Martin Tasker, Kasia Banas, Maz Nathoo.
- Animal Election – created by El, Eli, Gav, Lesley.
- Journey with Huskies – created by Nahad, June, Sally, Raka.
Slideshow Gallery
Games from 1 hour LTW Away Day Board Game Jam 2016
This 1 hour Board Game Jam was run for the Learning Teaching and Web services divisional Away Day. In the space on an hour participants were given a flash introcudtion to copyright and licensing, how to identify licensed material that is free for re-use, and how to licence their own work. Participants were then challenged to work together in groups to create a board game prototype in under one hour.
- Carry Clothe and Butcher Yours (a.k.a CC BY)
- Entwined
- India Maze
- Penguin Doom
- Race Around Saturn
- The Sandal Death
Games from 3hr eLearning@ed Board Game Jam (2016)
During this 3-hour workshops participants were introduced to the differences between copyright and licensing, how to identify licensed material that is free for re-use, and how to licence their own work. They were then guided through all the steps to create their own board game. Including prototyping, play-testing, and adding variety and fun by employing different game mechanics.
- Murder on the Moors (PDF) – by Stephen Harwood and Neil Davidson.
- The Victorian Animal Collectors (PDF) – by Susan Greig and Rosie Watson.
- Six Degrees of Seven (in Time and Space) (PDF) – by Hamish McLeod, Matjaz Vidmar, and Brian Mather.
- Play and Learn (PDF) – by Dalbir Kang and Chris Sheridan
Games from 2hr EUSA Peer Learning & Support Board Game Jam 2017
This was run for EUSA’s Peer Learning & Support volunteer students to provide them with additional tools to help run their own sessions and activities with other students. The volunteers were introduced to the ideas of playful learning, copyright and licensing, and completed a 1-hour board game jam challenge.
- 30 seconds in India (PDF) – by Chloe, Zhiyun, Antonia, Daniel, Zhen.
- Confederate Gold (PDF) – by Daniella Bevsenyi, Thendral David Rajan, Hanna Aiorana, Clarissa Chew, Dominika Kwecka
- World Quest (PDF)– by Reka Nagy, Laura Castillo, Baber Masheed, Yang Wang, Jim Francis
Games from 2hr Future Teacher Board Game Jam – Feb 2017
This was run as part of the Future Teacher series of events looking at technology and skills that may be applied to learning and teaching at the University. The session encouraged the use of playful learning, board game play, game creation, and the use of Open Education resources in teaching practice. Attendees were introduced to the ideas of playful learning, copyright and licensing, and completed a 1-hour board game jam challenge.
- Escape (PDF) – by Krishna Bhatia, Leopoldine Barde, Claire Keenan, Michaela Turner
- Memories of India (PDF) – by Martin Kalck, Haridina Fraser, Mireille Ferrandon
- Save the Dragon (PDF) – by ‘The dragon protection league’.
Games from 2hr Future Teacher Board Game Jam – May 2017
This was run as part of the Future Teacher series of events looking at technology and skills that may be applied to learning and teaching at the University. The session encouraged the use of playful learning, board game play, game creation, and the use of Open Education resources in teaching practice. Attendees discussed the ideas of playful learning, copyright and licensing, and completed a 1-hour board game jam challenge.
- Antarctic Adventure (PDF) – by Charilaos Alexakis and Kay Williams
- Donkey Dilemma Llama Drama (PDF) by David Creighton-Offord and Kay Douglas
ECA Board Game Jam – Nov 2017
This was run as part of the regular series of Open Educational Resource training events at the University. The session encouraged the use of playful learning, game creation, and the creation, sharing, and use of Open Education resources in teaching practice. Attendees discussed the ideas of playful learning, copyright and licensing, and completed a 3-hour board game jam challenge.
- Here be Monsters (PDF) – by Yao Tong and Neil Mulholland
- Shapes and Planets (PDF) – by Charlotte Rixten and Lorraine Spalding
Except where otherwise stated, these works by staff and students of the The University of Edinburgh are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence 4.0
Image: Paper shapes and dice, adapted from Carry Clothe & Butcher Yours on Flickr. Photograph by Stephanie (Charlie) Farley. Creative Commons Attribution licence 4.0