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Futures Games for All

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The document describes two games - Futures in 1 Hour (F1H) and Futures Out Loud (FOL) - that are used to make futures thinking more accessible. F1H is a one hour workbook to teach futures concepts like scenarios and implications. FOL is a card game where participants generate and discuss alternative futures. Both games aim to quickly engage users, teach futures methods, and spark new ideas. The document provides examples of how the games are structured and can be applied, as well as discussing how gaming approaches can democratize futures work.

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Futures Games for All Making Futures Accessible June 22, 2020
Hello! LEIGH COOK Futurist & Innovation Strategist @leighbcook ERIC BOYE Futurist & Digital Strategist @ericdboye SANDJAR KOZUBAEV Futurist & Experience Designer @sandjar #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye 2
Objectives Understand the benefits of using gaming in democratizing futures Practice playing games for futures Apply gaming concepts and frameworks to ones own work 3 #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
Agenda Futures and Participation 2:30-3:00pm Why Games Examples from the Field Playtesting 3:00-5:00pm Futures in 1 Hour (F1H) Futures Out Loud (FOL) Discussion & Q&A 5:00-5:30pm 4 #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
Futures & Participation 5 QUESTIONS TO ASK Whose future? Who participates? How do they participate? How is it expressed/represented? How is it experienced? Participation is active purposeful engagement with an object representing a future in order to frame a unique perspective on its impact, tensions, and/or implications #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
Futures & Participation 6 Source: Sanders, E. B.-N., Brandt, E. and Binder, T. A framework for organizing the tools and techniques of PD. In Proceedings of PDC 2010. (2011) pp. 195198. Playing games can be a great way to make / tell / enact futures in engaging and inclusive ways #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
Games & Play 7 Games are experiences we encounter through play Play is the act of manipulating something within constraints, which are defined through focus and exclusion Source: Ian Bogost, Play Anything #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
Serious Games 8 A serious game or applied game is a game designed for a primary purpose other than pure entertainment Education Scientific Research Healthcare Emergency Management Planning Engineering Politics Defense Source: Djaouti, Damien; Alvarez, Julian; Jessel, Jean- Pierre. "Classifying Serious Games: the G/P/S model." #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
Why Games for Us? 9 We do a lot of workshops! We need to: Educate clients quickly on basic futures theory and practice Set the audience in the right mindset Engage them with deep research content Provoke strategic debate and new insights quickly We want to create methods that make futures accessible for all #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
Why Games for You? 10 Designing and using games in futures is not for everybody. You need to understand how it fits your practice and community. #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
Game Design Principles 11 Art & Graphic Design Being Inclusive Balance Choices Fun Design Player Experience Time Dice / Randomness Scoring & End Game Source: Board Games Design Lab https://www.boardgamedesignlab.com/design-theory/ #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
Examples
Card Games 13 The Thing from the Future by Situation Lab Source: http://situationlab.org/project/the-thing-from-the- future/ Our Futures by Nesta Source: https://www.nesta.org.uk/feature/our-futures/ Instant Archetypes by Superflux Source: https://superflux.in/index.php/and-now-for- something-completely-different/# #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
Board Games 14 Impact by Idea Couture Source: https://ideacouture.com/impact/ Scenario Explorer System by EU and Hawaii Researcher Center for Future Studies Source: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/research/foresight/ses PARSE by Georgia Tech Source: http://carldisalvo.com/research/ #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
Tabletop 15 Dramatica by Write Brothers Source: http://dramatica.com/about Xchanging Perspectives by Philemonne Jaasma et al Source: www.philemonne.com/xchanging-perspectives#1 Imaginable Guidelines by Alexis anal Source: https://www.citylab.com/design/2019/02/urban- planner-card-game-turkey-imaginable- guidelines/583465/ #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
Workbooks 16 IoT In Public Housing by Georgia Tech Source: http://sandjar.me/index.php/project/publichousing/ Introduction to Design Thinking by Stanford D.School Source: https://dschool.stanford.edu/resources/get-started- with-design #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
Our Work 17 Workbook Futures in 1 Hour Source: https://www.northhighland.com/services/experience- design/futures Board Game Futures Explorer Source: https://www.northhighland.com/insi ghts/blog/futures-explorer-a- gaming-approach-to-longer-term- strategy-development Tabletop Narrative Futures #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
Our Work (cont.) 18 Card Games Airport Futures Tabletop Postcards from the Future Source: https://www.northhighlan d.com/insights/blog/postc ards-from-the-future Card Game Futures Out Loud Source: https://www.northhighland.com/services/experience- design/futures #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
Lets Play: F1H
Introducing F1H 20 What is F1H? F1H is a guided activity for anyone who wants to learn how to think like a futurist. The tool is designed to teach the basics of futures thinking. F1H demonstrates how futures can be used to ignite critical thinking, storytelling and creativity to make better long-term decisions and engage with others to create better tomorrows. #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye Watch video overview: https://youtu.be/tHRj7dVFtmc
The Tools 21 Workbook + Facilitators Guide + Worksheet #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
Share Freely 22 F1H and FOL are available under Creative Commons license. Please download, use and share them freely: https://www.northhighland.com/service s/experience-design/futures #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
The Activity 23 Objective Timing Instructions Learn the basics of futures in one hour Experience and take note of the methods and potential applications to your practice As a group generate answers to the questions through facilitated discussion Use chat and voting functions as directed 75 minutes MURAL PICS & LINK #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye Link to MIRO provided via chat
Summary of Methods 24 Critical Uncertainties Scenario Matrix Stakeholder Agency Human Values Strategic Narratives Future Concepting Implications #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
Lets Play: FOL
Introducing FOL 26 What is FOL? FOL is a fun and collaborative game that helps group generate, question and play with alternatives. FOL practices making novel connections and propels groups in new directions by voicing futures. It has over 60 cards and multiple gameplay variations. We use it in the context of longer client workshops (5+ hours) as a warm-up for the rest of the day. #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
The Cards Instructions 27 #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
The Cards Example 28 #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
The Activity 29 Objective Timing Instructions Explore alternative futures through dialogue and discussion, learn basic futures concepts Take note of potential applications to your practice As a group generate answers to the questions through facilitated discussion Use chat function as directed - 30 minutes #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
Round 1 Discuss 30 #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
Round 2 Discuss 31 #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
Round 3 Different Question 32 #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
Round 4 Glamorous 33 #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
Summary of Methods 34 Archetypes Weak Signals Improv Storytelling Scenario Building Societal Roles Human Values Future Wheeling Future Concepting Implications #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
Lets Discuss
Wrap-up Discussion What Aha! moments or feedback do you have for each game? What was similar or different between them? Which would fit into your practice? Could you create your own game? What would be most challenging? Other questions? 36 #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
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  • 1. Futures Games for All Making Futures Accessible June 22, 2020
  • 2. Hello! LEIGH COOK Futurist & Innovation Strategist @leighbcook ERIC BOYE Futurist & Digital Strategist @ericdboye SANDJAR KOZUBAEV Futurist & Experience Designer @sandjar #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye 2
  • 3. Objectives Understand the benefits of using gaming in democratizing futures Practice playing games for futures Apply gaming concepts and frameworks to ones own work 3 #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
  • 4. Agenda Futures and Participation 2:30-3:00pm Why Games Examples from the Field Playtesting 3:00-5:00pm Futures in 1 Hour (F1H) Futures Out Loud (FOL) Discussion & Q&A 5:00-5:30pm 4 #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
  • 5. Futures & Participation 5 QUESTIONS TO ASK Whose future? Who participates? How do they participate? How is it expressed/represented? How is it experienced? Participation is active purposeful engagement with an object representing a future in order to frame a unique perspective on its impact, tensions, and/or implications #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
  • 6. Futures & Participation 6 Source: Sanders, E. B.-N., Brandt, E. and Binder, T. A framework for organizing the tools and techniques of PD. In Proceedings of PDC 2010. (2011) pp. 195198. Playing games can be a great way to make / tell / enact futures in engaging and inclusive ways #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
  • 7. Games & Play 7 Games are experiences we encounter through play Play is the act of manipulating something within constraints, which are defined through focus and exclusion Source: Ian Bogost, Play Anything #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
  • 8. Serious Games 8 A serious game or applied game is a game designed for a primary purpose other than pure entertainment Education Scientific Research Healthcare Emergency Management Planning Engineering Politics Defense Source: Djaouti, Damien; Alvarez, Julian; Jessel, Jean- Pierre. "Classifying Serious Games: the G/P/S model." #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
  • 9. Why Games for Us? 9 We do a lot of workshops! We need to: Educate clients quickly on basic futures theory and practice Set the audience in the right mindset Engage them with deep research content Provoke strategic debate and new insights quickly We want to create methods that make futures accessible for all #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
  • 10. Why Games for You? 10 Designing and using games in futures is not for everybody. You need to understand how it fits your practice and community. #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
  • 11. Game Design Principles 11 Art & Graphic Design Being Inclusive Balance Choices Fun Design Player Experience Time Dice / Randomness Scoring & End Game Source: Board Games Design Lab https://www.boardgamedesignlab.com/design-theory/ #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
  • 13. Card Games 13 The Thing from the Future by Situation Lab Source: http://situationlab.org/project/the-thing-from-the- future/ Our Futures by Nesta Source: https://www.nesta.org.uk/feature/our-futures/ Instant Archetypes by Superflux Source: https://superflux.in/index.php/and-now-for- something-completely-different/# #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
  • 14. Board Games 14 Impact by Idea Couture Source: https://ideacouture.com/impact/ Scenario Explorer System by EU and Hawaii Researcher Center for Future Studies Source: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/research/foresight/ses PARSE by Georgia Tech Source: http://carldisalvo.com/research/ #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
  • 15. Tabletop 15 Dramatica by Write Brothers Source: http://dramatica.com/about Xchanging Perspectives by Philemonne Jaasma et al Source: www.philemonne.com/xchanging-perspectives#1 Imaginable Guidelines by Alexis anal Source: https://www.citylab.com/design/2019/02/urban- planner-card-game-turkey-imaginable- guidelines/583465/ #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
  • 16. Workbooks 16 IoT In Public Housing by Georgia Tech Source: http://sandjar.me/index.php/project/publichousing/ Introduction to Design Thinking by Stanford D.School Source: https://dschool.stanford.edu/resources/get-started- with-design #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
  • 17. Our Work 17 Workbook Futures in 1 Hour Source: https://www.northhighland.com/services/experience- design/futures Board Game Futures Explorer Source: https://www.northhighland.com/insi ghts/blog/futures-explorer-a- gaming-approach-to-longer-term- strategy-development Tabletop Narrative Futures #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
  • 18. Our Work (cont.) 18 Card Games Airport Futures Tabletop Postcards from the Future Source: https://www.northhighlan d.com/insights/blog/postc ards-from-the-future Card Game Futures Out Loud Source: https://www.northhighland.com/services/experience- design/futures #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
  • 20. Introducing F1H 20 What is F1H? F1H is a guided activity for anyone who wants to learn how to think like a futurist. The tool is designed to teach the basics of futures thinking. F1H demonstrates how futures can be used to ignite critical thinking, storytelling and creativity to make better long-term decisions and engage with others to create better tomorrows. #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye Watch video overview: https://youtu.be/tHRj7dVFtmc
  • 21. The Tools 21 Workbook + Facilitators Guide + Worksheet #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
  • 22. Share Freely 22 F1H and FOL are available under Creative Commons license. Please download, use and share them freely: https://www.northhighland.com/service s/experience-design/futures #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
  • 23. The Activity 23 Objective Timing Instructions Learn the basics of futures in one hour Experience and take note of the methods and potential applications to your practice As a group generate answers to the questions through facilitated discussion Use chat and voting functions as directed 75 minutes MURAL PICS & LINK #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye Link to MIRO provided via chat
  • 24. Summary of Methods 24 Critical Uncertainties Scenario Matrix Stakeholder Agency Human Values Strategic Narratives Future Concepting Implications #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
  • 26. Introducing FOL 26 What is FOL? FOL is a fun and collaborative game that helps group generate, question and play with alternatives. FOL practices making novel connections and propels groups in new directions by voicing futures. It has over 60 cards and multiple gameplay variations. We use it in the context of longer client workshops (5+ hours) as a warm-up for the rest of the day. #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
  • 27. The Cards Instructions 27 #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
  • 28. The Cards Example 28 #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
  • 29. The Activity 29 Objective Timing Instructions Explore alternative futures through dialogue and discussion, learn basic futures concepts Take note of potential applications to your practice As a group generate answers to the questions through facilitated discussion Use chat function as directed - 30 minutes #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
  • 30. Round 1 Discuss 30 #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
  • 31. Round 2 Discuss 31 #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
  • 32. Round 3 Different Question 32 #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
  • 33. Round 4 Glamorous 33 #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
  • 34. Summary of Methods 34 Archetypes Weak Signals Improv Storytelling Scenario Building Societal Roles Human Values Future Wheeling Future Concepting Implications #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye
  • 36. Wrap-up Discussion What Aha! moments or feedback do you have for each game? What was similar or different between them? Which would fit into your practice? Could you create your own game? What would be most challenging? Other questions? 36 #PRIMER2020 @leighbcook @sandjar @ericdboye