How to play?:
Both small and large groups have their own logic in structure and activity. A deeper understanding of these is essential to understand social events. The game is about the journey of a few people with a random or loose community of values and interests getting to know the methodological foundations of the path to create a real community. The mechanics of the relatively large game, which can accommodate up to 60 people, are based on occupying a space at stations of four different colours (yellow, red, blue, green). The colours are associated with different positions per task, based on reflective media. By occupying the colour-coded positions, participants not only represent their own position, but also position themselves in relation to the positions of others. Each task is composed of random, emotion-based and cognitive response-evoking elements, and during the game participants gain practical skills in identifying them.
Skills improved
Knowledge of group formation methods and their background, recognition and understanding of social psychological behaviour patterns, development of reasoning and critical thinking in dealing with current social issues.
Background
Since September 2021, the game has been tested 11 times with Hungarian high school and university students and Dutch university students, with a total of 257 participants in classrooms, as a lead-up game for the Let’s Play Serious Games! Workshop and during the International Week of HAN University in the Netherlands.
The creators
Inez Zsófia Koller is the head teacher of CASSI and also teaches community coordinator university students. Several of her subjects are based on group theories and collective action theories, which she introduces to her students in an increasing number of playful activities. It is important to her that the subjects she teaches contribute not only in content but also in methodology to the enrichment of her students’ knowledge and the development of their skills.
