How to play?:
The aim of the game is to familiarise players with the structure of a fairy tale. In this cooperative board game, participants play as fairy-tale heroes and must work together to defeat the dragon attacking the castle. In the board game, the player must go through the different fairytale chapters in the guise of a character, collecting magical items, while a helper performs various tasks.
Skills improved
The board game can provide participants an inclusive learning environment in which motivation, social interaction, critical analytical and systemic thinking, and practical orientation form a fourfold unit.
Background
A synthesis of the theoretical framework of folktales and board game-based education, the board game Magic Adventure – the dragon awaits! was created with the intention of indirectly helping primary school pupils to understand the structure of fairy tales. The game was tested by 203 players on 53 boards, during which it underwent continuous development and data gathering until it reached its final form. The game was tested on the 7th and 8th Vision of Tomorrow Workshops, on the closing event of the HFMI Cultural Heritage Project, the 5th and 6th Learning City Festival of Pécs, the 13th PécsiBölcsész KreaTábor (Liberal Arts Creative Camp of the University of Pécs), the 15th Ördögkatlan Festival (Liberal Arts Garden), the Terrace Opening Party of Wlislocki Henrik College of Advanced Studies, courses of the University of Pécs and Corvinus University and also at the Élmény Tár Tanoda.
The creators
The game was developed by Míra Tünde Bruszt and Ramóna Sütő, current co-presidents of the College of Advanced Studies on Social Inclusion. We are both graduate students at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Pécs. Our duo was established in 2019, and our main interest is the methodological renewal of literature as school subject. As future becoming teachers, we both try to push traditional frontal teaching method into the background.
