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Talk by Zain Memon on 29 October, ‘Story, Mood & Progression – Telling stories through Tabletop games.’

Story, Mood & Progression – Telling stories through Tabletop games. Gaming is the most powerful interactive medium at our disposal, with limitless potential for storytelling. Even as video games are telling increasingly ambitious tales, narrative remains woefully underutilized in board gaming. As a storyteller across mediums, with deep experience in film, VR, and ludology, ZainContinue reading “Talk by Zain Memon on 29 October, ‘Story, Mood & Progression – Telling stories through Tabletop games.’”

Traditional board games of India are quite simple in their construct. With an exception of few, most of them can be played by instantly conjuring the pattern on the floor with a piece of chalk or charcoal, while pebbles or twigs or colurful bangle slivers become the counters and split tamarind seeds serve as dice.Continue reading “Reimagining Board Games: Design Intervention for Indian Craft forms-H.S. Dharmendra”