Board Games

This study delves into the perspectives and expectations of 37 novice maritime pilots on the application of negotiation of meaning strategies in pilotage operations, aiming to enhance training programs and communication in critical maritime contexts. By conducting qualitative interviews with a mix of experienced and novice pilots, the research sought the role of these strategies in promoting safe and efficient navigation. Participants provided insights through open-ended questions, leading to a thematic analysis that identified recurring themes and patterns in their responses. This approach revealed a detailed view of the communicative strategies employed by pilots, emphasizing their role in navigating the complex maritime environment. The analysis highlighted a series of nuanced communicative challenges faced by novice pilots, pointing to the need for a comprehensive understanding of context and communication strategies in the maritime setting. The findings suggest a shift towards more dynamic, interactive, and scenario-based training methods. Emphasizing the importance of incorporating standard marine communication phrases (SMCP) and participant-driven learning approaches, the study advocates for training that aligns with global standards and the realities of maritime operations, underscoring the importance of enhancing communication efficacy to ensure safety and efficiency in pilotage operations.

The village of Deir el-Medina, in the Luxor region,
was home to the craftsmen and artists who worked on
the tombs of the nearby Valley of the Kings and Valley
of the Queens during the Egyptian New Kingdom.
The village and its surrounding tombs have long
been excavated, yielding a wealth of archaeological
material, texts and images that shed light on the
playful practices of Deir el-Medina’s inhabitants.
The article offers a synthesis of previously known
documentation, and also presents a vast corpus of
unpublished archaeological objects – as a prelude to
the publication of a book entirely dedicated to board
games at Deir el-Medina (Ifao).

O projeto Jogos de Simulação Digitais – Gamificação da Educação Politécnica foi desenvolvido no IFRS – Campus Canoas com o objetivo de oferecer a diferentes públicos a oportunidade de desenvolver competências e habilidades politécnicas por meio da aprendizagem pela ação, em uma proposta lúdica, interdisciplinar e inclusiva.
As oficinas realizadas com Jogos de Simulação Digitais (JSD) mostraram-se eficazes para promover debates, construir conceitos e emular práticas laborais e relações sociais, consolidando-se como uma estratégia de metodologias ativas de ensino.

Os JSD vêm ganhando espaço como campo autônomo de conhecimento, associado à Ludologia (Game Studies), e sua aplicação educacional é reconhecida como prática de gamificação. Nesse contexto, a gamificação cria ambientes sintéticos simulados que funcionam como metáforas da vida profissional, social e pessoal, favorecendo tanto o aprendizado técnico quanto o desenvolvimento de competências socioemocionais.

O projeto propôs a criação de um portfólio de jogos aplicados didaticamente, com potencial para diversificar e estimular o processo de ensino-aprendizagem e, sobretudo, para superar a histórica dicotomia entre teoria e prática na Educação Politécnica. Nesse sentido, os JSD foram utilizados como apoio às disciplinas de Sistemas de Informações Gerenciais (Curso Técnico em Administração) e de Gestão de Transportes e Frotas (Curso Superior de Tecnologia em Logística), comprovando sua validade como recurso pedagógico inovador.

Computational approaches are transforming the way we understand and preserve cultural heritage. One emerging-and presently underexplored-area is the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other computational methods to traditional games. Traditional gamesparticularly board games-offer a unique window into the past, reflecting social norms, values, and behaviours that are at risk of being lost due to their intangible nature. The rules, playing contexts, and embodied practices often remain undocumented or only partially preserved. Though existing studies (Crist et al. 2024; Browne 2023; Donkers et al. 2000) have made strong opening moves, the field is still in its early game. Much of the board remains unexplored, with significant potential for computational methods to advance our understanding). This sessionorganized by the COST Action (CA22145) Computational Techniques for Tabletop Games Heritage ("GameTable")-aims to expand on the themes of our upcoming special issue in JOCCH (Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage). This session will explore the reconstruction and preservation of traditional games, viewing them not merely as leisure activities but as rich cultural artifacts and historical narratives that are vital for a deeper understanding of human societies. By integrating perspectives from archaeology, artificial intelligence, and cultural studies, this session will allow us to "replay" the past and begin writing the playbook for how computational methods can help illuminate the playability, strategies, and social functions of traditional board games.

This book provides a comprehensive exploration of current trends in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teaching, highlighting the impact of globalization, language policy, and pedagogical innovations. It begins by examining the role of English as a global language and the challenges of implementing English education in multilingual contexts. Building on theoretical foundations such as linguistics, psycholinguistics, and motivation, the book connects theory with practice through approaches like Communicative Language Teaching (CLT), Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT), and English for Specific Purposes (ESP).

Moving beyond traditional methods, the book delves into technology-enhanced learning, gamification, mobile-assisted language learning, and multimodality, while also addressing pressing issues like learner anxiety, motivation, and cultural diversity in the classroom. Case studies, practical strategies, and future-oriented discussions on AI and global collaboration make this book a valuable resource for educators, researchers, and policymakers who aim to foster innovation, inclusivity, and effectiveness in EFL teaching.

The COVID-19 pandemic was not a universal experience but a crisis that disproportionately burdened rural women. While resilience has often been framed as empowerment, this study reframes it as burdened survival shaped by governance failure and social inequality. A qualitative phenomenological design was employed, with in-depth interviews conducted among eight rural women. Data were analyzed thematically to capture their lived experiences and coping strategies during the pandemic. Six major themes emerged: (1) economic struggles and pre-existing vulnerabilities, (2) diskarte as a gendered coping mechanism, (3) perceived failures of state governance, (4) community resilience and the spirit of bayanihan, (5) reproductive health and teenage pregnancies, and (6) psychosocial wellbeing under strain. Participants emphasized that their strategies were not empowering choices but compelled responses to survive amid institutional neglect. While bayanihan and community pantries offered temporary relief, they could not replace systemic support. The study highlights resilience as burdened survival rather than empowerment, challenging dominant resilience discourses. It underscores the critical role of gender-responsive governance, sustained reproductive health services, recognition of unpaid care work, and psychosocial support in crisis response. Strengthening community solidarity while holding the state accountable is essential to avoid normalizing grassroots coping as a substitute for systemic welfare. By foregrounding the intersection of gendered vulnerability, governance failure, and community resilience, this study contributes to global debates on resilience and rural development in the Global South.

A importância dos videos na educacao tem sido evidenciada nos ultimos anos, quando os materiais produzidos para sala de aula passaram a ser produzidos em sala de aula. Alem disso, atualmente, sabe-se que os estudantes buscam videos mais diretos, curtos e que tornem o processo de aprendizado mais rapido. No entanto, quando se trata da ciencia, muitos desses videos apresentam conceitos descontextualizados, o que leva a simplificacao da ciencia e acaba nao contribuindo positivamente como esperado. Diante disso, o objetivo desse trabalho foi produzir micrometragens de animacao a partir da leitura de artigos de revistas cientificas e relatar a experiencia em uma oficina de stop motion, tecnica de animacao que utiliza materiais de baixo custo, como massa de modelar, para criar personagens modelaveis e que sao fotografados em sequencia para criar a ilusao que estao se mexendo. Realizada na Universidade de Pernambuco, a oficina durou tres manhas e os participantes, estudantes de graduacao e...

A interacao entre ciencia e arte auxilia na aproximacao da ciencia e tecnologia (CT b) exibicao de um video-documentario seguido da aplicacao de um jogo; e c) aplicacao do QD, e de um Questionario Opiniao (QO). A sequencia foi aplicada a 21 estudantes do terceiro ano do Ensino Medio de uma escola do municipio de Jaboatao dos Guararapes-PE. Consideramos que o uso de materiais didaticos na divulgacao cientifica de uma rotina laboratorial proporcionou aos estudantes um contato com a ciencia de forma inovadora, resultando numa compreensao da informacao e aprendizagem agradavel a partir dos materiais produzidos.

Este estudo analisa a obra de Flannagan e Nissenbaum (2016) sobre valores em jogos, com o objetivo de reconhecer o processo de produção de significado no design e, através de uma análise comparativa, criar uma relação com a pesquisa histórica da temática de colonização em jogos de tabuleiros presente nos livros de Torner, Waldron e Trammell (2016, 2017 e 2019). Através dessa relação, busca-se evidenciar as problemáticas nesta indústria – originadas de um pensamento colonial herdado da Europa no século XX, mais especificamente da Alemanha no pós-guerra. De maneira propositiva, são identificadas maneiras pelas quais o design consciencioso pode ser utilizado como ferramenta para evitar a repetição de tropos hegemônicos e propor inovações temáticas e formais no campo do design de jogos de tabuleiro.

We're delighted to announce our special issue on Computational Techniques for Games Heritage with JOCCH.

The uniting question of this Special Issue is: “How can computational methods help us explore the playability, strategies, and social functions of historical board games?”

If you're interested in contributing, please do get in touch!

gyvenimą buvo greta, viena kitą papildė, leido pasireikšti jo gebėjimams ir būdingiausioms charakterio savybėms. Apie P. Bugailiškį -teisininką, visuomenininką, kraštotyrininką ir muziejininką -daug rašyta, išleisti jo atsiminimai Gyvenimo vieškeliais 2 , kur daug dėmesio skiriama minėtoms veiklos sritims. Šio straipsnio tikslas -ne tik pristatyti P. Bugailiškį kaip muziejininką praktiką, bet ir panagrinėti jo nuostatas kraštotyros ir muziejininkystės klausimais, nes jis buvo vienas iš pirmųjų, kuris Lietuvoje ėmėsi muziejininkystės ir kraštotyros teorijos. P. Bugailiškis buvo rašantis žmogus, paliko daug publikacijų (17 brošiūrų, apie 400 straipsnių) ir gausią egodokumentiką. Straipsnio šaltiniai -P. Bugailiškio atsiminimai, asmeninė korespondencija. Siekiant išsamiau pagrįsti temą remiamasi ir jo publikacijomis spaudoje (juolab kad atsiminimuose P. Bugailiškis cituoja savo publikacijas). Pagrindinį straipsnio šaltinį -P. Bugailiškio atsiminimus Gyvenimo vieškeliais -reikia pristatyti plačiau. Juos P. Bugailiškis rašė 1956-1961 m. gyvendamas Vilniuje. Pasirinko ir įprastą chronologinį dėstymą, ir probleminį principą, padedantį išryškinti svarbiausius visuomeninės ir kultūrinės veiklos barus. Taip pat rėmėsi nebeištikima atmintimi, asmeniniu archyvu, bibliotekų šaltiniais. Paties P. Bugailiškio teigimu, išėjo nei atsiminimai, nei apybraižos. Atsiminimai spausdinti mašinėle, todėl turėtas ne vienas teksto egzempliorius. Vieną iš jų P. Bugailiškis perdavė geram savo bičiuliui, tuometiniam MA Lietuvių kalbos ir literatūros instituto direktoriui Kostui Korsakui, tikėdamasis, kad atsiminimai ateityje bus publikuoti. Kiti du egzemplioriai buvo perduoti Aušros muziejui ir Mokslų akademijos bibliotekai. Galbūt egzempliorių būta ir daugiau. Atsiminimų tekstai buvo nevisiškai tapatūs. Būta teksto papildymų, taisymų mašinėle ir ranka. Aušros muziejuje saugomas P. Bugailiškio atsiminimų egzempliorius 3 aktyviai buvo naudojamas kaip tarpukario Lietuvos kraštotyros ir muziejininkystės šaltinis.

Comme l´enseignement ainsi que l´apprentissage de la langue étrangère sont profondément liés à la personnalité de l'apprenant, ils sont souvent suivis d'émotions différentes parmi lesquelles on peut distinguer les émotions positives comme l´enthousiasme, le contentement, la fierté et la satisfaction qui sans doute augmentent la sympathie et l´intérêt à apprendre la langue étrangère et des émotions négatives dont la frustration, la honte, des attentes trop élevées, la dévalorisation et la peur peuvent évoquer certaines réactions menaçantes chez les apprenants, comme par exemple, la mauvaise note. Cela peut ainsi influencer le refus d´apprendre et plutôt de s´exprimer. Le théâtre faisant illusion de la réalité, représente le moyen éducatif idéal pour le cours de langue étrangère. En accélérant les compétences d´expression en langue étrangère et en faisant acquérir les compétences morphologiques et culturelles, le théâtre fait émerger le potentiel artistique des apprenants et a...

This study investigates the effectiveness of experiential learning using Google Classroom on year 2 students’ academic performance and motivation in Malay language. This study also highlighted the elements in Google Classroom’s experiential learning that motivate students to achieve academic performance. The study conducted with 32 students at Chinese primary school in Johor Bahru; utilized online pre-tests, post-tests, and 5-point Likert scale online questionnaire to identify students’ motivation level. Results revealed significant improvements in students’ Malay language post-test scores, indicating the effectiveness of experiential learning using Google Classroom. Descriptive statistics showed a high level of student motivation, significantly motivated by the experiential learning treatment using Google Classroom, with the materials provided by the teacher being the most preferred by students and effective element in motivating them to achieve academic success. The study suggests that implementing experiential learning with Google Classroom positively influences academic performance in Malay language. Teachers, schools, and communities are suggested to review current learning methods and platforms; and strive to incorporate experiential learning through Google Classroom to enhance students’ academic performance in Malay language. Future studies are encouraged to provide more reliable data, particularly within the context of Chinese primary schools in Malaysia, to further enrich educational practices.

Karia bölgesi, kent ve kırsal yaşamıyla zengin bir kültürel mirasa sahiptir. Geç Antik Çağ’da (MS 5–6. yy.) Stratonikeia ve ona bağlı Lagina’da kamusal alanlarda kazınmış oyun tablaları, sosyal yaşam ve eğlencenin temel unsurlarından biri olmuştur. Stratonikeia’da caddeler, kaldırımlar ve kamusal yapılar üzerinde üçtaş, dokuztaş, mankala, kirkat (Qirkat/Alquerque), ludus latrunculorum, ludus diodecim scriptorium/alea  gibi birçok oyunun izine rastlanırken; Lagina ve Labraunda’da sayı ve çeşitlilik daha sınırlıdır.
Labraunda’da gnays kayaçlarının pürüzlü yapısı, mermer yüzeylere kıyasla oyun alanı oluşturmak için daha az elverişlidir. Bu nedenle, mermer yüzeylerin azlığına rağmen, oyun ihtiyacını karşılamak amacıyla farklı çözümler geliştirilmiş; andronlar gibi kapalı ortamlarda oynanabilecek taşınabilir tuğla oyun tablaları tercih edilmiştir. Stratonikeia’da depremler sonrası kent dokusu yeniden düzenlenmiş, yıkılan blokların bir kısmı oyun alanı olarak kullanılmıştır. Kentte yaklaşık 600’den fazla oyun tablası belgelenmiştir. Ayrıca haç sembolleri ve stilize insan figürleri gibi grafitiler de Bizans Dönemi’nde oyun kültürünün dini sembollerle iç içe toplumsal yaşamda sürdüğünü göstermektedir.

This paper analyzes a seventeenth-century geographic board game designed by the geographer Pierre Duval (1618-1683) to celebrate the Peace of the Pyrenees in 1660. The game takes its players through the events of twenty-five years of war between France and Spain, staged largely along the perimeters of France. Contextu alizing the game's visual structure within the historical and seman tic French discourse of borders allows us, I argue, to understand Duval's object as an agent in border-building practices. These prac tices were neither located physically on France's borders, nor were they top-down. Instead, Duval's game suggests that a border imagi nary could be constructed in the capital through collaborative oper ations in the form, for instance, of play. This border imaginary figured French state boundaries in the mid-seventeenth century as "frontiers" and, I suggest, this involved a gendered as well as a spa tial dimension. When seeking to understand state formation and its mediation through visual culture, this paper implies, moreover, that seemingly trivial objects such as games which generally lie outside of the art historical cannon reveal themselves as a rich investigatory terrain.

Esta tesis analiza la implementación de ludotecas de juegos de mesa modernos en bibliotecas públicas chilenas, en alineación con los objetivos de dichas instituciones, como agentes culturales y sociales. La metodología combina revisión documental en torno al juego como actividad humana y cultural y el estudio de caso de la implementación de la Ludoteca Pública en el Sistema de Bibliotecas de Providencia, examinándose justificación, planificación y resultados del servicio. Los resultados indican que la ludoteca fue recibida positivamente por los usuarios, atrajo comunidades afines y complementó sin inconvenientes los servicios tradicionales de la biblioteca. Se concluye que la ludoteca es un servicio viable que contribuye a la innovación y relevancia cultural de las bibliotecas públicas, superando algunos prejuicios en torno al juego y proponiendo un modelo replicable a otras bibliotecas en Chile.

This document is based upon work from COST Action “A European Network to Leverage the Multi-Age Workforce” (LeverAge) CA22120, supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology). COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is a funding agency for research and innovation networks. Our Actions help connect research initiatives across Europe and enable scientists to grow their ideas by sharing them with their peers. This boosts their research, career and innovation.

The manual is based on the materials of the selective course “Gamification: Methods of Application in Education” and is primarily addressed to students – future teachers in the specialties A1 Educational Sciences and A4 Secondary Education (subject specialties). The publication consists of three interconnected sections that combine a scientifically grounded overview of the theoretical foundations of gamification with clear step-by-step algorithms and ready-to-use templates for designing game mechanics in educational and upbringing processes.

The manual will be useful for subject teachers in schools, lyceums, gymnasiums, and colleges, as well as for students of advanced training programs and those mastering gamification through self-education. The proposed tools and methodological guidelines are aimed at updating educational programs, enhancing learners’ motivation, and creating a dynamic, emotionally engaging game-based educational environment.

Learning in all humanities content branch such as Islamic sciences is declared to be boring, tiring and very dry plain content because the educational level of learners becomes low and worrying. This statement is justified by the result of our statistical study which reveals that learning of Islamic content is not attractive and needs to be revolutionized in order to make it more attractive and interesting for the new generation called digital generation. In this paper, we have used the gamification concept with learning analytics (LA) approach to design an educational game to improve Islamic content learning. However, and due to the lake of works and the knowledge about teaching Islamic contents using education games look insufficient and at their begins. The obtained results, in this study, with proposed approach, shows that the students had remarkably higher motivation and performance to learn than before. The main objective of this investigation is, firstly, allows managers and teachers easily incorporate LA approaches to help student improves their learning; and secondly, future work benefits from these results to define an appropriate dashboard for the Islamic content learning and teaching.

Статья посвящена феномену популярности шахмат в Советской России 1920-х гг., которые за короткий период превратились в по-настоящему массовое увлечение среди различных слоев населения. Рассмотрены причины их поддержки властью, способы популяризации в обществе, выявлена совокупность факторов, способствовавших их распространению. Сделан вывод о том, что одной из важных причин востребованности шахмат была их доступность и дешевизна. Это было особенно важно в трудных финансовых условиях, в которых действовали центры распространения культурного досуга (клубы, ленинские комнаты и пр.). Свою роль сыграли также общемировые тенденции и позитивный образ шахмат, конструируемый, в частности, через демонстрацию их популярности среди великих людей прошлого. Также проводились попытки всячески адаптировать или модернизировать игру для решения агитационно-пропагандистских и военно-воспитательных задач.

The board game Monopoly, embraced by a wide player base around the world and embedded in cultural memory, is analysed in this study. It examines the game from the increasingly powerful perspective of ludology in an effort to methodically reveal the serious design errors ingrained in its foundation. According to the research, there are significant obstacles to offering a fair, balanced, strategic, and long-lasting entertainment experience because of some of the game's built-in mechanics, especially its dependence on random dice rolls for movement, the exclusionary elimination system that completely removes players from gameplay, and the exponential advantage gained in the early stages. The study presents Monopoly as an interactive system that influences player behaviour, forms decision-making, and fundamentally configures the gameplay experience, rather than just as a sentimental or cultural artefact. As a result, a thorough examination is carried out using ludological characteristics like feedback loops, game rules, and the allocation of strategic options. The results show that Monopoly reduces player agency and lowers engagement over long sessions by producing a mainly predictable and repetitive game. In addition to stressing the value of structural fairness, player involvement, and decision diversity in game design, this study highlights the need to reevaluate even the most well-known and often played games using ludological techniques. Lastly it proposes alternative design strategies aimed at transforming Monopoly into a more equitable, diverse, and strategically rich gameplay experience.

This study emphasizes the potential of board games as alternative educational materials and examines their structural features for informational communication. While game design involves aligning mechanics, narratives, and physical components with a specific theme, this article focuses on identifying and explaining board game mechanics that can be adapted to educational purposes. A comprehensive review of databases and literature identified 8,614 board games classified under the "educational games" category. Among these, 130 educational board game samples were analyzed under a secondary limitation, leading to the identification of 17 frequently used game mechanics in contemporary productions were identified. Using content analysis, both quantitative and qualitative data were examined to explore the prevalence and functions of these mechanics. The 17 mechanics identified across the 130 games were categorized based on their frequency of use and described individually in the "Findings" section, which also includes three case studies illustrating their application. Additionally, using thematic analysis, a secondary evaluation further analyzed the frequency of these mechanics in relation to the types of information they convey. This research is expected to serve as a valuable resource for prospective teachers, educators, and scholars in the development of educational materials.

Si observamos un panorama lúdico que involucre a los expansivos ámbitos del juego de mesa y el videojuego, se podrá advertir una larga trayectoria de transformaciones de lo analógico a lo digital. La mediatización digital de un juego de rol de mesa paradig- mático como Dungeon & Dragons (1974), punto de partida para el diseño de los primeros videojuegos de rol o RPG de categoría dungeon crawler, podría considerarse uno de los inicios de esta suerte de contínuo juego de transfiguraciones. El objetivo del presente tra- bajo es el de analizar ciertos juegos como casos en lo que se podrá dar cuenta del cómo y dónde de esos procesos de transformación y mediatización, sus modalidades y en qué planos de las discursividades operan (nivel enunciativo, retórico, del soporte, etc).
Palabras clave: mediatización - juegos de mesa - videojuegos - analógico - digital.

‭ll gioco del Pirlì viene comunemente considerato l'antenato del Flipper. Ma l'evoluzione da Pirlì a Flipper è vero progresso?
Nel‬ ‭paesaggio‬ ‭contemporaneo‬ ‭dei‬ ‭giochi‬ ‭e‬ ‭delle‬ forme‬‭ di‬‭ intrattenimento,‬‭ la ‬‭digitalizzazione‬‭ e ‬‭la‬ ‭meccanizzazione‬ ‭hanno‬ profondamente‬ ‭trasformato‬ ‭la‬ ‭natura‬ ‭dell’esperienza‬ ‭ludica.‬ ‭
I‬ ‭giochi‬ ‭elettronici,‬‭ come‬‭ il ‬‭flipper‬‭ o, ‬‭in ‬‭maniera ‬‭ancor ‬‭più ‬‭“pericolosa”‬‭ la ‬‭slot‬‭ machine,‬‭ seducono ‬‭attraverso‬ ‭un’intensa‬‭ stimolazione‬‭ sensoriale‬‭ fatta ‬‭di‬‭ luci,‬‭ suoni‬‭ e ‬‭rapidità‬‭ meccanica.‬‭ Tuttavia, ‬‭proprio ‬‭questo‬ ‭tipo‬ ‭di‬ ‭stimolazione‬ ‭— ‬‭come ‬‭riportano ‬‭testimonianze ‬‭di‬‭ giocatori‬‭ compulsivi‬‭ —‬‭ può ‬‭generare ‬‭una‬ ‭sorta‬ ‭di ‬‭trance ‬‭ipnotica‬,‬‭ che ‬‭nel ‬‭caso ‬‭delle ‬‭slot‬‭ machine‬‭ porta‬‭ spesso‬‭ a‬‭ una ‬‭forma‬‭ patologica‬‭ di‬ ‭dipendenza, ‬‭la‬‭ ludopatia.‬‭ Anche ‬‭il‬‭ flipper,‬‭ seppur‬‭ privo‬‭ della‬‭ posta ‬‭in‬‭ denaro,‬‭ attiva ‬‭un‬‭ meccanismo‬ ‭simile:‬ ‭una‬ ‭ricerca‬ ‭incessante‬ ‭di‬ ‭punteggio,‬ ‭suoni‬ ‭ripetitivi‬ ‭e‬ ‭luci‬ ‭lampeggianti,‬ ‭che‬ ‭porta‬ ‭il‬
‭giocatore ‬‭a ‬‭isolarsi, ‬‭in ‬‭un ‬‭flusso‬‭ ipnotico ‬‭in‬‭ cui‬‭ la‬‭ relazione ‬‭con ‬‭il‬‭ contesto‬‭ sociale ‬‭e ‬‭ambientale‬‭ si‬ ‭dissolve.‬
‭In‬ ‭controtendenza‬ ‭rispetto‬ ‭a‬ ‭questa‬ ‭deriva,‬ ‭il‬ ‭gioco‬ ‭tradizionale‬ ‭del‬ ‭Pirlì‬ ‭rappresenta‬ ‭una‬ ‭forma‬ ‭ludica ‬‭che‬‭ coinvolge‬‭ il‬‭ corpo,‬‭ i‬‭ sensi‬‭ e‬‭ la‬‭comunità ‬‭in ‬‭una ‬‭dinamica ‬‭completamente‬‭ diversa.‬‭ Senza‬ ‭bisogno ‬‭di‬‭ elettricità, ‬‭di‬‭ circuiti,‬‭ di‬‭ pixel‬‭ o‬‭ di‬‭monete,‬‭ il Pirlì‬‭ coinvolge ‬‭più ‬‭e ‬‭meglio.‬‭ Lo ‬‭fa‬‭ perché ‬‭è‬ ‭umano,‬‭ narrativo,‬‭ sensoriale e ‬‭collettivo.‬‭ È‬‭ dimostrazione ‬‭di‬‭ come ‬‭il ‬‭gioco‬‭ non‬‭ sia‬‭ solo‬‭ svago,‬‭ ma‬ ‭anche cultura, relazione e identità. e di un’esperienza collettiva carica di senso.‬

In this paper we describe a hybrid technique of Minimax search and aggregate Mahalanobis distance function synthesis to evolve Awale game player. The hybrid technique helps to suggest a move in a short amount of time without looking into endgame database. However, the effectiveness of the technique is heavily dependent on the training dataset of the Awale strategies utilized. The evolved player was tested against Awale shareware program and the result is appealing.

The interrelation between the higher education sector and the labour market should be more intensive and intertwined, not least because of the growing demands of professional profiles. Furthermore, the educational process and its designers have recently been challenged by the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions on the one hand and distance learning and technological opportunities on the other. The paper aims to present examples of coping with the various requirements of enhancing professional and language competencies in English for Maritime Purposes and meeting both the individual needs of the students and the demanding standards of the international seafaring market. In particular, we share our valuable experience as the liaison between the teachers of English for Specific Purposes, professionals from the maritime sector and experienced seafarers at the Faculty of Maritime Studies in Kotor. In that regard, we present the twinning activities conducted with the second and third-year stud...

The notion of twinning can refer to a number of things. Here, however, we re-fer to the specific recommendation by the IMO Model Course 3.17 – Maritime English, as also discussed by a number of recognized Maritime English instructors, anticipating the teaming of English teachers with teachers of technical subjects held on marine simulators. This recommendation coincides with contemporary trends in teaching English for Specific Purposes, such as Content-Based Instruction, Content and Language Integrated Learning and/or English as a Medium of Instruction. In particular, we provide specific examples of hybrid twinning classes conducted on marine engine simulators at the Faculty of Maritime Studies Kotor, University of Montenegro. Additional possibilities and pedagogical implications of the presented and related activities are also offered. We hope they can be of assistance and inspiration to other teachers involved in maritime education for upgrading their teaching methodologies as it ...

Analog board and card games featuring reveal-andreact mechanics, characterized by immediate player responses to newly disclosed game elements, have emerged as promising tools for enhancing executive functions (EF), attention, memory, and problem-solving skills in children. This systematic review synthesizes findings from 13 studies, assessing the cognitive impact of reveal-and-react gameplay in participants aged 3-18, with particular emphasis on children aged ≤12 years. Results consistently indicate improvements across core EF domains such as inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, and working memory. Notable games identified include Ghost Blitz, Dobble, Bee Alert, and Speed Cups, which provide structured yet engaging environments for cognitive training. The review underscores reveal-and-react mechanics as potent catalysts for developing rapid decision-making, attention control, and working memory updating. Moreover, these games hold significant educational and clinical potential, offering scalable, cost-effective interventions adaptable across diverse settings, including classrooms and therapeutic contexts. Despite limitations in study heterogeneity and longitudinal data scarcity, the collective evidence supports integrating these games into child-focused cognitive enhancement programs.

На нашу думку, допомогти здобувачам освіти засвоїти новий матеріал на семінарі з історії України і задіяти перераховані вище стовпи навчання допомагають інтерактивні методи навчання, зокрема, рольова гра. Однак для створення сценарію гри необхідно також задіяти такий відносно новий інструмент як сторітелінг. На нашу думку, нам вдалося використати метод сторітелінгу при підготовці нашого сценарію рольової гри до відкритого семінарського заняття з історії України. Темою нашого заняття була «Утворення і розвиток держави Київська Русь». Нам вдалося застосувати в сценарії не лише героїв, а й конфлікт (суперечку за історичну істину) – основу будь-якого сторітелінгу, а також інтерактивний метод навчання – рольову гру. Під час гри було задіяно увагу, активне залучення, а корекцію помилок і консолідацію додано наприкінці заняття під час виконання здобувачами освіти онлайн-тестів на закріплення матеріалу.

About two third of working millennials have not saved and only 5% of millennials have enough saving. This study aimed the aim of the study is to promote financial literacy among secondary students using board games. Besides that, this study also focuses to enhance students’ financial planning skills after using the board game. On the other hand, this study also investigates whether there is any gender difference between male and female students. The study employs the survey design. A total of 235 secondary school students aged between 15-16 years old from three different states in Malaysia was taken as samples in this study. A board game with augmented reality named FinPlan was used in this study. The study found that there was no difference between test score of financial literacy among male and female. However, there were significant between personal financial planning, practices, and interest towards financial literacy. Female students were outperformed than male students in each criteria. Conceptually, this study contributes to the development of the board game in financial literacy and give insight to the potential of mobile application with augmented reality. This learning method allows students to learn the daily situation that happen such as rewards, penalties and life event. It also brings a message to students, many daily activities that we need to spend money rather than saving the money; therefore, the students must plan the money properly.

This article argues that, in a moment when capitalism integrates games and gamification, cultural politics are increasingly marked by the appearance of participatory forms of play that seek to re-enchant a disenchanted world. Games have played a significant role in the social, political, and technical reproduction of late capitalism, especially its digital social media platforms. This occurs at the same time that life under neoliberal capitalism feels to many like being trapped in an unwinnable game in a disenchanted world. This feeling is important to the cultural politics of our current moment. We take up the QAnon conspiracy fantasy as an significant example of the way people play “dangerous games” together in (reactionary) response to this state of affairs. We also explore some of the ways reenchantment and participatory play manifest elsewhere along the political spectrum. We conclude by previewing an experimental board game we developed, titled Clue- Anon, which is intended to provide an alternative critical intervention: a form of play that moves away from the urge to debunk and disenchant by instead engaging head-on with participatory reenchantment on its own terms.

Warhammer 40,000 lore is profound, and how relationships between Warhammer communities and Games Workshop have evolved. The authors and I hope this book helps you understand Warhammer's emotional significance in new and exciting ways. The beauty of this emotional imprint is it cannot be explained in a single, straightforward way. It is unique to you and your life… just like that first kiss. Therefore, whether you're a gamer, painter, lore-buff, or curious bystander, choose the parts of this book you want to savour, or feast on them all!

This paper offers an approach to designing game-based learning experiences inspired by the Mechanics-Dynamics-Aesthetics (MDA) model (Hunicke et al., 2004) and the elemental tetrad model (Schell, 2008) for game design. A case for game based learning as an active and social learning experience is presented including arguments from both teachers and game designers concerning the value of games as learning tools. The MDA model is introduced with a classic game- based example and a non-game based observation of human behaviour demonstrating a negative effect of extrinsic motivators (Pink, 2011) and the need to closely align or embed learning outcomes into game mechanics in order to deliver an effective learning experience. The MDA model will then be applied to create a game based learning experience with the goal of teaching some of the aspects of using source code control to groups of Computer Science students. First, clear aims in terms of learning outcomes for the game are set out. F...

The concept "road" as a multivalent symbol is widely encountered in world literature since ancient times and depending on the context is not always used in its direct meaning. However, in all cases the road is a metaphor of movement, change and progress. In literary works, the road mainly acts as a symbol of spiritual journey, efforts of self-discovery and new beginnings. In medieval English literature, the road as a multivalent concept representing both physical and symbolic journey symbolises the path to truth, enlightenment and salvation. This article examines philosophical, religious, spiritual and other aspects of the concept of "road" in the context of analysing two literary monuments of medieval English literature-the epic "Beowulf" and "The Canterbury Tales" by G.Chaucer. In the context of the characters' fates, the concept of the road is analysed as a multilayered symbol uniting the physical and spiritual dimensions of human existence.

Redaktor naczelny -Paweł Nowak Ewa Kowalczyk Rada naukowa  Dorota Dobija -profesor i rachunkowości i zarządzania na uniwersytecie Koźmińskiego  Jemielniak Dariusz -profesor dyrektor centrum naukowo-badawczego w zakresie organizacji i miejsc pracy, kierownik katedry zarządzania Międzynarodowego w Ku.  Mateusz Jabłoński -politechnika Krakowska im. Tadeusza Kościuszki.  Henryka Danuta Stryczewska -profesor, dziekan wydziału elektrotechniki i informatyki Politechniki Lubelskiej.  Bulakh Iryna Valerievna -profesor nadzwyczajny w katedrze projektowania środowiska architektonicznego, Kijowski narodowy Uniwersytet budownictwa i architektury.  Leontiev Rudolf Georgievich -doktor nauk ekonomicznych, profesor wyższej komisji atestacyjnej, główny naukowiec federalnego centrum badawczego chabarowska, dalekowschodni oddział rosyjskiej akademii nauk  Serebrennikova Anna Valerievna -doktor prawa, profesor wydziału prawa karnego i kryminologii uniwersytetu Moskiewskiego M.V. Lomonosova, Rosja  Skopa Vitaliy Aleksandrovich -doktor nauk historycznych, kierownik katedry filozofii i kulturoznawstwa  Pogrebnaya Yana Vsevolodovna -doktor filologii, profesor nadzwyczajny, stawropolski państwowy Instytut pedagogiczny  Fanil Timeryanowicz Kuzbekov -kandydat nauk historycznych, doktor nauk filologicznych. profesor, wydział Dziennikarstwa, Bashgosuniversitet  Aliyev Zakir Hussein oglu -doctor of agricultural sciences, associate professor, professor of RAE academician RAPVHN and MAEP  Kanivets Alexander Vasilievich -kandydat nauk technicznych, profesor nadzwyczajny Wydział Agroinżynierii i Transportu Drogowego, Państwowy Uniwersytet Rolniczy w Połtawie  Yavorska-Vіtkovska Monika -doktor edukacji, szkoła Kuyavsky-Pomorsk w bidgoszczu, dziekan nauk o filozofii i biologii; doktor edukacji, profesor  Chernyak Lev Pavlovich -doktor nauk technicznych, profesor, katedra technologii chemicznej materiałów kompozytowych narodowy uniwersytet techniczny ukrainy "Politechnika w Kijowie"  Vorona-Slivinskaya Lyubov Grigoryevna -doktor nauk ekonomicznych, profesor, St. Petersburg University of Management Technologia i ekonomia  Voskresenskaya Elena Vladimirovna doktor prawa, kierownik Katedry Prawa Cywilnego i Ochrony Własności Intelektualnej w dziedzinie techniki, Politechnika im. Piotra Wielkiego w Sankt Petersburgu  Tengiz Magradze -doktor filozofii w dziedzinie energetyki i elektrotechniki, Georgian Technical University, Tbilisi, Gruzja  Usta-Azizova Dilnoza Ahrarovna -kandydat nauk pedagogicznych, profesor nadzwyczajny, Tashkent Pediatric Medical Institute, Uzbekistan  Oktay Salamov -doktor filozofii w dziedzinie fizyki, honorowy doktor-profesor Międzynarodowej Akademii Ekoenergii, docent Wydziału Ekologii Azerbejdżańskiego Uniwersytetu Architektury i Budownictwa  Karakulov Fedor Andreevich -researcher of the Department of Hydraulic Engineering and Hydraulics, federal state budgetary scientific institution "all-Russian research Institute of hydraulic Engineering and Melioration named after A. N. Kostyakov", Russia.

This is a transcription of a long-form interview that appeared on The Channel on 26 June, 2025. The Channel is a podcast hosted by Benjamin Linder at the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) at Leiden University. In this episode, Benjamin interviews me about "the ideological and cultural significance of games, exploring the importance of play both as a key domain of experience and as an object of academic study."

You can listen to the full episode here: h5ps://www.iias.asia/the-channel/south-asian-games-jacob-schmidt-madsen

Streszczenie:
W artykule podejmuję się analizy gry planszowej Ankh: Bogowie Egiptu autorstwa Erica M. Langa w kontekście egipskiej mitologii i religii. Gra, operując mechaniką area control, koncentruje się na rywalizacji bóstw o dominację w starożytnym Egipcie. Postawione przeze mnie pytanie badawcze brzmi następująco: na ile Ankh: Bogowie Egiptu wiernie oddaje staroegipskie wierzenia, mogąc przy tym pełnić funkcję nie tylko rozrywkową, ale i edukacyjną? Szukając odpowiedzi, dokonuję analizy omawianej gry w kontekście trzech fundamentalnych aspektów egipskiej religii: konceptu równowagi Ma'at, synkretyzmu oraz tendencji monoteistycznej. W podsumowaniu dochodzę do wniosku, że choć Ankh nie jest historycznie wiernym odwzorowaniem egipskich wierzeń, stanowi interesującą reinterpretację ich wewnętrznych napięć. Gra sprawnie wykorzystuje mitologię jako fundament mechaniki strategicznej, ukazując mit nie jako statyczny zbiór wierzeń, ale jako dynamiczną narrację podlegającą ewolucji. Ostatecznie, mimo licznych faktograficznych uproszczeń, Ankh popularyzuje wiedzę o starożytnym Egipcie i prowokuje do refleksji nad ewolucją religii w ogóle.

Summary:
In this article, I will analyze the board game Ankh: Gods of Egypt by Eric M. Lang in the context of Egyptian mythology and religion. The game, using area control mechanics, focuses on the rivalry of deities for dominance in ancient Egypt. My research question is as follows: to what extent does Ankh: Gods of Egypt faithfully reflect ancient Egyptian beliefs, while also being able to serve not only an entertaining but also an educational purpose? In an attempt to answer this question, I analyze the game in the context of three fundamental aspects of Egyptian religion: the concept of Ma‘at balance, syncretism, and monotheistic tendencies. In summary I conclude that although Ankh is not a historically faithful representation of Egyptian religion, it is an interesting reinterpretation of their internal tensions. The game skillfully uses mythology as the foundation of strategic mechanics, presenting myth not as a static set of beliefs but as a dynamic narrative subject to evolution. Ultimately, despite numerous factual simplifications, Ankh popularizes knowledge about ancient Egypt and provokes reflection on the evolution of religion in general.

Creativity in game design is not as widely studied as it is in general design discipline. While it may be argued that game design is simply a special case of design, in reality, it is peculiar in many ways and hence needs special attention. We aim to understand the game ideation process through the lens of creativity model. We first develop a theoretical creativity model based on the concepts in the creativity literature. We then study the ideation process of game design students and understand how it fits with the proposed theoretical model. We find that the game ideation discovered through field study broadly follows the theoretical model. Our larger research goal to develop a refined ideation model and build an ideation tool for game designers. This paper discusses the first step towards it.

Given the widespread attention of children, youth and even adults to board games, a modern teacher cannot ignore the possibility of using in practice this promising, and repeatedly proven, pedagogical tool in the study of history of Ukraine.
Board games, through the didactic, emotional feeling of the outside world, provide children and young people with a unique opportunity to try to recreate the events of those ancient times, almost forgotten names and events until recently. To find out their importance for the modern life of Ukraine.
The game belongs to the traditional and recognized methods of teaching and upbringing, preschoolers, younger schoolchildren and adolescents. The value of this method lies in the fact that in gaming activities, educational, developmental and educational functions operate in close interrelation. The game as a teaching method organizes, develops students, expands their cognitive capabilities, educates the personality. The game accompanies a person throughout his life. Playing various games, a child learns the world, improves knowledge, develops his mind and intellect.
Thus, the transfer of board games to the plane of learning and education, at school, can be a qualitative shift in the educational process. But we must not forget that a board didactic game is not a universal method of increasing the effectiveness of the educational process at school.

Este libro es un homenaje a todos aquellos que quieren ganar y hacerlo bien, pero que priorizan el divertimento, la amistad y todos aquellos valores que nos hacen mejores personas. Contiene unos 200 consejos, todos discutibles y opinables, pero seguro que enriquecedores, sobretodo si se analizan en grupo, uno por uno, con la mente abierta. Barcelona, 2023. 20 años después del 1er. Congreso Internacional de Domino. Todos los errores que contenga el libro pueden ser comunicados para mejorar la siguiente edición:

“Cluedo Histórico: ¿quién asesinó al Archiduque?” es a la vez una situación de aprendizaje-investigación y una base de referencias para crear juegos de misterio y dinámica de rol en diferentes épocas históricas. Aunque es una actividad orientada inicialmente a alumnado de ESO en Geografía e Historia, el juego se puede adaptar a otros cursos, niveles educativos o propuestas particulares docentes. Tomando como base la mecánica de Cluedo (juego de cartas), sintetizamos diferentes ideas que servirán como referencia al docente para plantear “cluedos” en clase en cualquier época de la Historia. A continuación, desarrollamos como ejemplo una de esas ideas: un cluedo ambientado en los inicios de la Primera Guerra Mundial y el asesinato del Archiduque Francisco Fernando.

Educational games are increasingly considered as important aids in developing the cognitive aspect of early childhood education. That is, the interactive activity has great potential in developing preschoolers' cognitive competencies in problem-solving, language acquisition, and social interaction. Effective tools for improving the retention of preschoolers' memories are educational games, which present children with repeatedly enjoyable activities involving them in ways that trigger recall abilities and learning. This paper reviews the latest literature, theories of cognition, and practical applications on the effect of educational games on preschoolers' cognitive development and memory consolidation. This paper discusses game-based learning mechanisms and best practices with the aim of establishing educational games as a powerful supplement to traditional methods in early childhood education.

Esse artigo tem como objetivo de mostrar qual a influencia da utilizacao da arte alem de uma ferramenta didatica, a arte como aliada no ensino de ciencias no processo de ensino- aprendizagem. Refere-se a uma sequencia didatica realizada na escola Padre Nicolau Pimentel localizado no municipio de Feira Nova- PE. Utilizamos uma abordagem qualitativa resultante de uma metodologia ativa no processo de ensino-aprendizagem do conteudo de anfibios.

Resumen El presente trabajo da a conocer una pieza desconocida del patrimonio artístico español. Se trata de un peine bajomedieval de cuya existencia sabemos a través de una ilustración, inédita hasta este momento, realizada por el dibujante Jaume Serra i Gibert en el año 1865 durante su estancia en la ciudad de León. Asimismo, se realiza un análisis minucioso de la pieza a partir de sus características morfológicas y filiaciones estilísticas, que no solo ponen de relieve su gran calidad artística y alto grado de refinamiento dentro de esta tipología de piezas, sino que, también arrojan luz al escaso conocimiento de estas dentro del panorama peninsular.

Thematic study of scenes and texts related to ancient Egyptian "fisherman's jousting" tournaments (fischerstechen). Article presents an analysis of funerary symbolism in representations of marsh men of the Nile Delta engaging in ritual combats in their papyrus skiffs, as they fight to defend their cargoes of funerary offerings for their dead overlords while striving to capture the cargoes of other skiffs. These ritual combats are placed in contexts similar to other ritualized water battles, fighting games, and athletics that were performed at religious festivals, funerals, and for other religious purposes.