Games for Change
PlayWise is all about board games, so we can't overlook those not created solely for market success and entertainment. Our belief in board game pedagogy is that every game is developmental, but there's a category of board games specifically designed to serve a noble cause or achieve an important goal.
Fostering Skills and Social Awareness
Fostering Skills and Social Awareness
The world of board games is diverse and complex. On this site, we want to focus on two main groups.
Social Problem Solving
Games that seek answers to social problems, which aim to sensitize, educate, and beyond entertainment, aspire to generate societal changes through gameplay.
Soft Skills Development
Games that purposefully develop soft skills, focusing on general competencies such as critical thinking, teamwork, and communication.
These two categories often blend, as developing critical thinking can be linked to many social issues. There are no strict boundaries. What's more important is that the games featured on this site effectively integrate their message and goals into the gameplay without becoming didactic, forced, or boring attempts.
If you have such a game or know one, please contact us; we would be happy to write a review about it.
Featured Games for Change
Holnap Hősei
Tomorrow's Heroes
Everyone can be an everyday hero. 2 game versions, for 4 to 6 persons aged 10 and up, 20-90 minutes duration.
KIO
Human Rights Card Game
Card game about human rights, featuring 5 entertaining, short game variations for 2-6 players, suitable from age 6 and up.
Organize!
Activism & Social Justice
Board game about activism, campaign organizing, and social justice for 5-10 players, suitable from age 14 and up, 60-90 minutes duration.
Save The Lake
Ecological Cooperation
An ecological-themed cooperative board game aimed at achieving intelligent and sustainable land use in the Lake Balaton region, for 3 to 5 persons aged 14 and up, 60-100 minutes duration.
VoxPop
The Card Game
The Attack of the ArgumentMonsters. A game about monsters who gobble up our arguments. 3 game versions, for 2 to 8 persons aged 14 and up, 15-30 minutes duration.
I've been able to complete several such projects by now, and it was uplifting to see how these board games help build connections between the clients - typically non-profit organizations - and members of society.
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