Willem, Giuli & I get together to discuss “the Pedagogy of Playing Mouse Guard,” both how it went in the past two episodes, and in our face-to-face game. Willem started this “pedagogy of play” ball rolling; I ran the games in question; and only Giuli created a character with this process with both groups.
0:09 A Convoluted Story
- Willem’s series, “The Pedagogy of Play” (parts 1, 2, 3 & 4)
- We did this with Polaris three episodes ago
- Sean Nittner & Justin Evans of Narrative Control
- Episode 29 of Narrative Control
- Sean comments about a pedagogy for Mouse Guard
- Sean’s process
- My process
1:53 Pedagogy vs. Ice-breakers
- Mihály Csíkszentmihály (Mee-HALL-ee Chick-sent-mee-HALL-ee), author of Flow (see also this TED talk)
- Ben Lehman’s Polaris
7:36 “The Real Game”
15:42 Tutorials
- Neverwinter Nights
- Vincent Baker’s Dogs in the Vineyard
16:56 Why Willem won’t play Mouse Guard
19:47 Ben Robbins’ Microscope
20:38 Procedurally-oriented games
21:34 We Love Matthjis Höter
- Nørwegian Style by Matthijs Hölter
- Matthijs Hölter’s Archipelago
23:37 Evaluating the Process
- Make chargen a fun game
- Does it really teach the game?
26:16 The Pedagogy of Playing Procedural vs. Mechanical Games
- Luke Crane’s Burning Wheel
- Joel’s blog, Story by the Throat
30:16 Levels of Fluency
- Fluency means flow.
- Where are your keys?
35:15 Open Source
- Someone else used my process!
- Develop a roadmap
- Burning Wheel as a toolkit
38:29 The Guardmouse’s Journey
39:23 Giuli’s Fluency
40:19 Learning to Juggle
Tags: Games, Mouse Guard, Pedagogy of Play
have you looked into “A penny for my thoughts” by Paul Tevis? This game is written to be played from the moment you open the book. You could start the game by opening the book and start reading it to your friends and all of a sudden you realize you’re playing the game already!
I think this could be very interesting for you to check out!
take care,
my point is it takes you deeper and deeper into the game (adding more elements and rhythm) by playing the game itself.
Yup, I’ve heard a lot about Penny recently, and it sounds really interesting. I’d love to play it sometime (though the games I’ve said that about keeps growing).
My brain has started exploding with ideas for The Fifth World over the past 24 hours. Among them, a bit inspired by Matthijs Hölter’s Fuck Youth!: reading the rules as part of the game itself.
Hey guys, great show. This thread about “Pedagogy of Play” keeps weaving through our various blogs and podcasts. It is really great to see the continual progression. I’ve added my latest experiences on my LJ over here: http://wildljduck.livejournal.com/72475.html