The document discusses what can be learned from tabletop games. It defines the characteristics of a game as being fun, separate from everyday life, with uncertain outcomes, non-productive, governed by rules, and fictitious. It then lists several things that can be learned from games, including objectives, strategies, logic, creativity, numbers, public speaking, storytelling, perspective taking, and collaborative problem solving. It encourages the reader to go out and play games for these benefits.

1. European Planning Conference 2015
What we can learn from tabletop games
Willem van der Horst
@Hippowill

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7. A game is an activity that must
have the following characteristics:
fun: the activity is chosen for its light-hearted character
separate: it is circumscribed in time and place
uncertain: the outcome of the activity is unforeseeable
non-productive: participation does not accomplish
anything useful
governed by rules: the activity has rules that are different
from everyday life
fictitious: it is accompanied by the awareness of a
different reality
Roger Cailloix, Les jeux et les hommes

23. To sum things up
1.Objectives, situations, strategies and tactics
2.Logic, reasoning and creativity
3.Playing with numbers
4.Speaking with an audience
5.Writing & improvising solid stories
6.Stepping in someone else’s shoes
7.Collaborative problem solving
8.It’s fun!

24. Go out and play!
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