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Board Game Academics is an organization that publishes journal articles and essays, holds conferences, and provides consulting support to organizations discussing the role of tabletop board games.

09/21/2025
09/20/2025

Names Millennials as Experiencing the Most Joy in Gameplay

This month in Victory Points, Misty Novitch discusses the unpublished cooperative storytelling board game, LIFE Reimagin...
09/19/2025

This month in Victory Points, Misty Novitch discusses the unpublished cooperative storytelling board game, LIFE Reimagined, is a potential case study for how we might use tabletop gaming to facilitate larger collective conversations, education, and action on the overwhelming topics around where “We the People” go from here.

https://boardgameacademics.com/life-reimagined-the-game-as-collective-narrative/

LIFE Reimagined: The Game As Collective Narrative Victory Points September 2025Misty Novitch The unpublished cooperative storytelling board game, LIFE Reimagined, is a potential case study for how we might use tabletop gaming to facilitate larger collective conversations, education, and action on th...

09/13/2025

"Play is not only an act, it’s a disposition. It’s a curious orientation toward the world. It’s a state of engaged non-attachment, a yearning to manifest the inherent potential in each emergent moment." -Adam Davis

06/26/2025

What do children’s games like First Orchard and Monkey Around teach us about accessibility in board game design? In this powerful essay, Grace Kaletski-Maisel brings together her experience as a parent and instructional designer to explore how Universal Design for Learning (UDL) can make tabletop games more inclusive. From tactile components to flexible play styles, she challenges us to rethink who gets to play—and how we can widen the circle.

Read the full piece at Board Game Academics. https://boardgameacademics.com/everyone-at-the-table-accessibility-and-universal-design-in-board-games/

Proud to have two of our board members, Christopher Carbone and William Nation, recently interviewed for an article for ...
04/02/2025

Proud to have two of our board members, Christopher Carbone and William Nation, recently interviewed for an article for the American Psychological Association on TTRPG and mental health:

Using games like Dungeons and Dragons in group therapy shows promise for treating anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, and more.

03/11/2025

Mandi talks about games for Mental Health with Christopher Carbone of Board Gamers Anonymous and Board Game Academics!To learn more about Chris and his work,...

03/07/2025

Join Board Gamers Anonymous for a groundbreaking discussion on JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) in tabletop gaming, where we'll tackle everything from problematic tropes to creating more welcoming spaces. Drawing from real-world research and examples, we'll explore how our beloved hobby can evolve to better represent and include all players at the table.

We're excited to announce the release of Issue 2 of Board Game Academics. Thank you to all of our authors, contributors,...
03/01/2025

We're excited to announce the release of Issue 2 of Board Game Academics.

Thank you to all of our authors, contributors, and editors for their hard work in bringing together this year's incredible issue.

Read about the use of games in academic success, how Candela Obscura addresses historically problematic themes in TTRPGs, board games as a framework for computer science, the use of board games in philosophy classrooms, an examination of cultural history and expression within the monk class of D&D, and the simulation of the black death in a college classroom.

(Cover artwork courtesy of Katia Howatson of Board Game Art Creations)

https://boardgameacademics.com/issue-ii/

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