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.

February 21, 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 16-18 2020: Game Development Conference at Cabrini University

Games offered: TBA