{"id":6,"date":"2020-07-09T19:30:23","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T19:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.de-sanctis.com\/agilegamefactory\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-06-18T17:23:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T17:23:52","slug":"dsbuilders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.de-sanctis.com\/agilegamefactory\/dsbuilders\/","title":{"rendered":"DS-builders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Building the Dark Star<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-43\" src=\"https:\/\/www.de-sanctis.com\/agilegamefactory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/DS-in-the-sky-background-PPT-300x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"999\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.de-sanctis.com\/agilegamefactory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/DS-in-the-sky-background-PPT-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.de-sanctis.com\/agilegamefactory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/DS-in-the-sky-background-PPT-1024x341.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.de-sanctis.com\/agilegamefactory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/DS-in-the-sky-background-PPT-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.de-sanctis.com\/agilegamefactory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/DS-in-the-sky-background-PPT.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 999px) 100vw, 999px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Our Emperor asked for new ways to spread the terror through the sectors. He engaged the best scientists in the <\/em><em>galaxy to design the definitive weapon to defeat the Rebellion: a massive Orbital Station &#8230; the Dark Star.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>6 Koenigs have 6 cycles to build the station while the galaxy is on fire and a riddle of unpredictable events<\/em><br \/>\n<em>influences the strategy to follow.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If the above scenario sounds familiar and you are an agilist, this is your game. In fact DSbuilders is a team based, cooperative, serious game on scaling agile teams across organisation. The game is played by 6 teams, each of them with 1 to 6 players (ideally from <strong>6 to ~40 people<\/strong>). The game is based on the assumption all players have basic knowledge of Agile and Scrum, and a facilitator, like an experienced Agile Coach (or similar), is available.<\/p>\n<p>This game has been presented at Agile Tour London 2020, XP 2021, FunConf 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you want to buy and download the PnP version of the game you can go to the DriveThroughCards portal.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"https:\/\/www.drivethrucards.com\/product\/328493\/DSbuilders alignnone wp-image-744 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.de-sanctis.com\/agilegamefactory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/06\/dtcards-logo-small-300x48.png\" alt=\"DTCards logo small\" width=\"300\" height=\"48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.de-sanctis.com\/agilegamefactory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/06\/dtcards-logo-small-300x48.png 300w, https:\/\/www.de-sanctis.com\/agilegamefactory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/06\/dtcards-logo-small.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(click the above image, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivethrucards.com\/product\/328493\/DSbuilders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.de-sanctis.com\/agilegamefactory\/tag\/dsbuilders\/\">All related articles<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.de-sanctis.com\/agilegamefactory\/dsbuilders\/dsbuilders-facilitator-guide\/\">Facilitator guide<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.de-sanctis.com\/agilegamefactory\/dsbuilders\/dsbuilders-virtual-facilitation-guide\/\">Facilitator guide: virtual edition<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Building the Dark Star Our Emperor asked for new ways to spread the terror through the sectors. 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