The 20 Sided Gamified Podcast gives you more for your money with a two-fer episode. Jared talks about his history/gaming trip to Scotland, and then chats with Iain McDonald of “Flags of War.”

Every month, NASAGA highlights one of its members who is doing fantastic things. December’s Member of the Month is Carolyn Noe, EdD, Senior Director of PK-12 Programs at the Institute for Health Innovation, Northern Kentucky University, and Founder of Super Heroines, Etc (SHE).

The 20-Sided Gamified Podcast team sits down with Matthew Farber and Tracy Fullerton to discuss their recent book, The Well-Read Game: On Playing Thoughtfully. Critics have been raving about it, and it such an honor to discuss the purpose of their book, and connection to education. A full description of the book is below the podcast player.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. A Great Lakes ore freighter that sank in a powerful November storm, its tragic story was the focus of folk-rock artist Gordon Lightfoot’s 1976 ballad, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.” … So how would a game measure up next to Mr. Lightfoot in telling the story of this doomed ship?