version 0.9 of WEKILL//LEAKS (a 2-player card game of courageous publishing and imperialist sh1tf#ckery) will launchat #39C3 on day1 at 17h30 @HouseOfTea (https://events.ccc.de/congress/2025/hub/en/event/detail/wekillleaks-version-09-launch-presentation-and-pla)

After launch and during all of 39C3, look for demo decks like this one in some corners of the House of Tea (along with some feedback sheets!). Please come and try them and provide feedback!

We will also have a DECT for everyone to ask questions and enquire about getting your own deck: 9557

The demo/playtest project on the Congress website: https://events.ccc.de/congress/2025/hub/en/project/detail/assembly/wekillleaks-version-09-a-2-player-card-game-demo-a/

PS: You don't need to be a gamer to enjoy WEKILL//LEAKS! It's an immersive story-telling experiment that was mostly enjoyed so far by non-gamers!

More info about the game: https://dissent-and-datalove.institute/artworks/wkl/

#Game #gaming #cardgame #seriousgaming #halfseriousgaming #imperialism #publishing

Nach dem #DCP2025 und #Grimme, waren wir dieses Jahr "Deine Stimme" auch noch auf dem #DEP2025. Wir waren in der Kategorie "Beyond Entertainment" nominiert. Gewonnen haben wir leider nicht, aber wir freuen uns denoch! #Entwicklerpreis #Weihnachtsfeier #Demokratie #FMV #SeriousGaming #GamesBavaria
Les ravages de la gamification : une infantilisation au travail [Benoît Heilbrunn]

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"Alpha" edition of WEKILL//LEAKS was cool, looking good, and fun to play... but inbalanced and sometimes a bit confusing.

After 6 months of playtesting and adjustments (and the building of a computer seimulation!) a "Beta" edition is being printed! More streamlined and fun to play, and much much more balanced!

https://dissent-and-datalove.institute/artworks/wkl/

Come to #38C3 and get in touch to get yours, from an exclusive limited run of 100 (boxed!) copies. [EDIT: IF they are delivered on time. very much unsure as of 20241215 :/]

Playtest event on day3, at 18h00 at the @HouseofTea https://events.ccc.de/congress/2024/hub/event/wekillleaks-a-game-of-courageous-publishing-and-im/

If you want to support the project and get a chance to get your own boxed copy, please donate here:

https://opencollective.com/dissent-and-datalove

#38C3 #Gaming #SeriousGaming #CourageousPublishing #ImperialistShitfuckery

WEKILL//LEAKS

A Game of Courageous Publishing and Imperialist Sh!tf#ckery Have you ever dreamt of running THE EMPIRE? Of limitlessly expanding your economic, political and military power through the World at any cost, including through war and deception? Do you have what it takes to crush your political opponents – those who disagree with your methods and want to expose them – in order to impose your warmongering agenda? Or have you ever dreamt of organizing THE LEAK? Of leading data-driven journalism online into the future? Will you be capable of combining the powers of digital technologies and investigative journalism to expose the crimes and lies of the Empire? To give everyone the power to understand the World they live in, and act upon it?

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The first decks have arrived! \o/

Let's meet in #Berlin to playtest (and "soft-launch") WEKILL//LEAKS "alpha" edition!

*=== at Cafe Buchhandlung, Tucholskystr. 32 in Mitte ===*

(https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.5262&mlon=13.3937#map=15/52.5262/13.3937)

*=== on WEDNESDAY the 17th 19h-21h! ===*

Playtesting WEKILL//LEAKS "Alpha" edition, with brand new, just delivered casino-grade 330g/m2 coated playing cards! <3

(an occasion to discover the game, to get your own copy -while stock lasts-, to further support financially the project, and/or to have a nice chat!)

more information about the game: https://dissent-and-datalove.institute/artworks/wkl/

feel free to invite your friends and other interested parties!

#dissentanddatalove #cardgame #game #seriousgaming

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What do YOU think these lovely laser-cut tokens could be used for in WEKILL//LEAKS (a game of courageous publishing and imperialist sh!tf#ckery) ... ?

#teaser #dissentanddatalove #itson #cardgame #seriousgaming

During an experiment in 2018 we came up with PALOs
Player Actions with Learning Objectives
and you might like them too if you are trying to name things in games http://www.priscillaharing.info/palo-player-actions-with-a-learning-objective #SeriousGaming #play #gamesresearch
PALO Player Actions with a Learning Objective |

Published some time ago (2011) but I think this chapter is still a very good place to start to understand more about the psychology behind serious gaming & the process of games.
Freely available on Researchgate:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267568986_Understanding_Serious_Gaming_A_Psychological_Perspective #mediapsychology #SeriousGaming #play
De #cathedral #kathedraal zal ons redding brengen. #bordspel uit de jaren zestig. #seriousgaming