{"id":616,"date":"2023-04-01T09:24:48","date_gmt":"2023-04-01T09:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.de-sanctis.com\/agilegamefactory\/?page_id=616"},"modified":"2023-05-15T15:53:11","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T15:53:11","slug":"hacking-boardgames","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.de-sanctis.com\/agilegamefactory\/hacking-boardgames\/","title":{"rendered":"Hacking boardgames"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As a game lover I have a decent collection of boardgames and I have also the opportunity to play many games thank to friends loving them too. <\/span>For sure I am playing these games\u00a0just for fun<\/strong>. However some of them can be used for\u00a0specific serious goals<\/strong>\u00a0too, and may help in coaching people and teams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The process of using an existing boardgame, created only for fun, as a serious game for learning<\/em> is what we call hacking a boardgame<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This page lists some opportunities that your favourite game store could provide to help your job as Agile Coach or Scrum Master.
\nEverything you can find here I tested personally more times and the results described here have been tuned in the years, and many situations with different teams. Any feedback or improvement or suggestion will be welcome.<\/p>\n

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Apart of the\u00a0positive effects of playing serious games instead attend to a serious training\u00a0<\/strong>(this requires a specific article), there are many other good reasons to\u00a0hack existing boardgames<\/em>:<\/p>\n