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42 Educational Games Coaching and Design

Imagine your classroom as a place where undergraduate students are actively and energetically engaged in learning. Where they do not just read, listen and memorize, but develop a deep, contextual understanding of your course material. Where they have fun!

For the price of a standard professional development conference, you gain a personalized, highly-engaging teaching tool which you can use indefinitely to inspire and educate years of students. You will also receive extensive coaching from Ray Kimball, who helps you choose the most targeted game for your specific curriculum, or he can custom-design one for you.

Manifold

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Win cash prizes for your predictions on our sweepstakes markets! Always free to play. No purchase necessary.

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Help people make more informed decisions by improving their model of the future.

Brotherwise Games

Welcome to our table! We’re Brotherwise Games, an LA-based board game publishing company founded by Chris and Johnny O’Neal in 2012. Since then, the “Brothers Wise” have become one of tabletop industry’s biggest indie success stories. We make best-selling games with compelling themes and accessible mechanics that bridge the gap between core and casual players.

Chip Theory Games

Chip Theory Games is an independent board game design and publishing firm based out of Plymouth, Minnesota. It is managed by founders Josh and Adam Carlson, who do the majority of the design work.

Chip Theory is known for their high-end premium components. The company eschews the typical cardboard pieces of other games in favor of neoprene mats. Cards are made of PVC plastic for long lasting durability. Most in-game units are represented by top of the line 11.5g poker chips with a water resistant foil hard-top sticker. Too Many Bones, a game with over 135 dice in the base box, uses custom heat transfer imaging for durability and vivid visual impact. Great care is given to the design of all box inserts, incorporating space for future expansions and never requiring the purchase of additional organization accessories.

Chip Theory customers and backers know to expect fantastic customer service, detailed and transparent Kickstarter updates, free surprise upgrades whenever possible, and above all, a company that truly engages with and values their voices as gamers.

foundry10

We are an education research organization with a philanthropic focus on expanding ideas about learning and creating direct value for youth.

Our work directly and immediately:

Enhances learning and education experiences for youth.
Enables educators to be more expansive and creative with their curriculum design and teaching methods.
Demonstrates concrete measures of success for novel learning contexts and methodologies.

AlphaBirds

AlphaBirds is a word-building game like Scrabble or Boggle, but faster and more fun. And it’s super easy to learn. Here are the basic mechanics:

You take two cards. Keep one, give one. Make words if you can.

That’s it.

When friends come over, we just start playing. Within 30 seconds, they get it. And the game is short — usually about 10 minutes.

Yet the game is surprisingly deep. There’s real strategy to choosing where to play your letters, and it tends to self-balance. Usually everyone is close to winning at the end.

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