Jacob is joined by Quinns (People Make Games, Quinns Quest) to discuss Brenda Romero's board game "Train" and other attempts at gamifying historical traumas.
It’s obviously created as a companion to the “Jewish Games” video. But it really stands so much on its own I thought it worth sharing separately from that video’s comment thread.
I had no idea that games designed to be played only in extremely limited & controlled situations were such a common thing. With Train in particular, it sounds like it would be a fascinating game to play. But only if you somehow went into it without knowing what it was.
It’s obviously created as a companion to the “Jewish Games” video. But it really stands so much on its own I thought it worth sharing separately from that video’s comment thread.
I had no idea that games designed to be played only in extremely limited & controlled situations were such a common thing. With Train in particular, it sounds like it would be a fascinating game to play. But only if you somehow went into it without knowing what it was.