BOARD GAME WORKSHOPS

OBJECTIVES:

• Provide an introduction for curriculum goals in a variety of subjects.

• Promote social interaction, and formation of friendships.

• Encourage playing of games at home and at school.

• Provide historical and geographical insights through the study of games.

• Develop strategy and prediction skills through game play.

• Demonstrate conflict resolution and dynamics of winning and losing.

• Promote creativity and imagination through game making.

WORKSHOP:

• History of board games.

• Types of games.

• Game play

• Make a traditional game.

• Inventagame  (Students invent their own board game)

• How to make a game cube (Magic cube)

Types of games:   There are 4 main types of board games:

• Positional – Games where the goal is to place pieces in a certain position often to form lineal relationships. (Tic tac toe)

• War–The object is to remove the opponent pieces or capture a certain piece. (Chess)

• Race – Goal is to reach a certain point before the other players (Snakes and ladders)

• Mancala – Sowing seed games where pieces are picked up and placed in other sections, the goal being to collect more seeds than the opponent. (Mancala)