For most of us in NASAGA, this year's theme lands close to home. Fields have used games, roleplay, and simulation to teach, rehearse, and decide for a very long time … the interesting question isn't whether other fields use these tools. It's what most of them still use them for, and where the room is.

How do you respond when your identity and your culture are being erased? The 20-sided Gamified Podcast team sits down with Jason Morningstar, designer of The Blue Way. The Blue Way recently crowdfunded through CMU Press, and lets learners explore hard questions about the lived experience of colonialism.

The 20-sided Gamified Podcast team talks with Columbia Games' Grant Dalgliesh! If you like block wargaming, look no farther than Grant and his father Tom, who are THE innovators. They are the people who really put this style of wargaming on the map (see what we did there?). They talk about Alliance, which combines tactical battles with grand strategy and negotiation.

We all have our favorite games, and most of us have little tweaks to make them even better. Kelly and Jared from the 20-sided Gamified Podcast sit down with John and Greg from Pico Armor to talk about their favorite game innovations.