SERIOUS GAME DESIGN & EXPERIMENTATION SEMINAR

Jim Wallman would like to invite you to take part in his forthcoming serious gaming and experimentation seminar CRITICAL THINKING & GAME DESIGN. This is a ticketed event with limited spaces.

Date: 8th August 2025
Start time: is 10:00 GMT

and we aim to finish around 16:30 GMT

Seminar: Critical Thinking & Game Design

We are sometimes under pressure to design a game to a purpose, or we might had had a thought ‘there is a game in that’ on some important subject that interests us.

And the resulting games are often very good. But are they genuinely fit for purpose? We can ask ourselves the question “How do we know that the game we have designed really does what it was intended to do?”. This seminar will explore methods and practice of both self-criticism and constructive criticism and use these important critical thinking questions to improve our serious game design practice.

Guest speaker for this seminar will be Graham Longley-Brown, veteran professional wargamer and author of “Successful Professional Wargames: A Practitioner's Handbook” and co-author of the widely used “Rapid Campaign Analysis Toolset (RCAT)”, the MOD Wargaming Handbook and the MOD Influence Wargaming Handbook.

Seminar Presentation : Applying critical thinking to game design

Practical sessions: “Designing with a critical eye” and “Building games with constructive criticism

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Where: The seminar will be held at The Lift - 45 White Lion Street London, N1 9PW

Please see link below on finding the venue: https://www.liftislington.org.uk/find-us

For anyone unable to make it in person but would still like to attend, there will be a limited number of 6 online places available.

In person tickets £50

Online tickets £25

Students and Unwaged £25

Please see our website for a full Seminar Programme for 2025.

At each seminar attendance is limited to 20. There is an additional opportunity for up to six remote attendees. The numbers are kept low in order to ensure maximum contribution and participation for all of those present.