Cheating as/is a game-element

In my article on the Magic Game Circle as a model, I mentioned cheating to illustrate the magic circle and it’s strong or weak appearance and it’s vulnerable appearance. Realizing the importance…

Isaga conference presentation slides

I was invited to present the Magic Game Circle at the 44th Isaga (International Simulation and Gaming Association) Conference 2013 in Stockholm. The article on the Magic Circle as reference for this presentation…

Games: how to design a game

Several methods are available for different contexts to design a game or play, what other method better then playful with cards? Gamified game design:

Happy 40th birthday to me: Trash & Treasures

When I celebrated my 40st birthday (in 2011), I decided to expose my 40 years of trash and treasures, and invited the guest to bring their trash and treasures. It was a great…

Workshop color & design Nairobi

As a volunteer at Nairobits I co-developed educational courses for the youth from Nairobi to become Web designers. In 2002 I went to Nairobi several weeks and learned amazingly much about different ways…

What are game-elements? (pacman as reference)

While trying to figure out what is said  by experts (check this post) to be the ultimate collection of game-elements I decided to visualize my findings via the so often used game…