Upcoming Events

Below is a list of our upcoming conferences, workshops, and presentations. The list will be updated with further details including games, locations, and content as the Consortium finalizes event planning.

January 10, 2020: Micro-workshop at Indiana University - Kokomo

Game offered: Bomb the Church: Saving Art or Saving Lives?

January 18-19, 2020: Winter Conference at University of Georgia

Games offered:

The Threshold Of Democracy Athens in 403 B.C.E

Changing the Game: Title IX, Gender and Athletics in American Universities

Climate Change in Copenhagen, 2009

Paterson 1913: The Silk Strike

Yalta, 1945

The United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) and the Question of Israel, 1947 (a new Open Educational Resource game) :

UNSCOP and the Question of Israel, 1947 sets the action at the withdrawal of the British from Palestine, in a time of violent unrest. Zionists and Arabs each claim right to a the land based on history, culture, and geopolitics. The UN's Special Committee has been called to assess the situation and make recommendations to the General Assembly about what should happen. Will one state prevail or the other, or will a compromise be reached? Can a compromise be reached? The impact of their decisions could resound throughout the area for decades to come.

NOTE: UNSCOP is in the early stages of development. Those playing this game should keep in mind that elements of the game may be underdeveloped at this stage, and that upon completion of the game they will be asked to provide feedback on how the game can be improve.

For complete information on the 2020 Winter Conference, please follow this link.

Registration for the Winter Conference is open now!

Spring 2020: Regional Conference at SUNY-Geneseo

Game offered: Frederick Douglass, Slavery, and the Constitution, 1845

The conference will from from 10 am to 8 pm on Friday, including a dinner from 6-8 pm, and from 10 am to 2 pm on Saturday. Two lunches and coffee breaks are also included.

The conference is free for SUNY-Geneseo faculty and staff and their invited guests; $200 for other Reacting Consortium members, and $250 for all others.

February, 2020: Campus Workshop at University of South Carolina

Games offered:

Athens Besieged

The Pluto Debate: The International Astronomical Union Defines a Planet

May 21-22, 2020: Regional Conference at Central Connecticut State University

Games offered:

Rage Against the Machine: Technology, Rebellion, and Industrial Revolution:

Rage Against the Machine is set in the period of wage crisis, class conflict, and rapid technological change in Manchester, England during the early Industrial Revolution. Players debate about industrialization, unemployment, labor exploitation and the impact of technology, drawing from key historical texts by Adam Smith, David Ricardo, and Robert Owen.

Food Fight: Challenging the USDA Food Pyramid, 1991:

Food Fight is set in a 1991 Congressional hearing to evaluate the work of the USDA in developing the Food Pyramid. This document angered various interest groups in agribusiness and some nutritional experts. This chapter-length RTTP game is intended for use in popular food/nutrition general education science courses and introductory chemistry and biology courses.

June 11-14 2020: Twentieth Annual Faculty Institute at Barnard College

Games offered: TBA

July 2020: Game Development Conference

Games offered: TBA