Cardboard Conjecture

In this episode, Norm and Luke go through Luke's top 10 games from his collection.  Following and see how many games you have in common, and how many games you need to go out and play.

In this episode, Ryan and I have Joe Sallen (Good, the Board, and the Ugly/The Longview Podcasts) on the show to discuss "How to start a board game club at your school".

Have a listen while we share our insights on what works, what doesn't work and why we feel that this activity/club is important in the school culture.

We are beyond happy to start Season 2 of Cardboard Conjecture.  We have coined the new season as Season 2: the expansion pack ... we've expanded and we are proud to introduce our new host Luke as our third host on Cardboard Conjecture.  Luke is part of a duo called Hattanooga, an 18XX-Con in Medicine Hat, Alberta. Not only will Luke bring a heavier view on board games, but more maturity to the bedlam that is Norm and Ryan.

In this episode, Norm, Ryan and Luke discuss what we played over the summer hiatus and what are our "new season" resolutions in board gaming.

In this episode, Norm and Ryan discuss ... Norm's Top 10 games from his own collection.  Will we find out that this list includes games from his past (Risk) or does he actually have a small amount of modern board game integrity.  Probably no integrity, but a half decent list.

In this episode, Ryan and I talk about Ryan's top 10 favourite games that are in his own collection.  Is he going to pick all Ameri-thrash games or is his Euro-gamer going to dominate his list.  Is PayDay #1?

In this episode, Ryan and I discuss how to get started using board games in your classroom as a learning tool that enables a student's connection and understanding of the content and the lesson.  We identify important elements of instructional design as they relate to using board games as teaching tools: purpose, validity, and assessment.  Also, we both explain the mistakes and obstacles that we've faced and made during this process.

In this episode, Norm and Ryan talk about some of the oldest gaming mechanisms in board games ... Mancala and Mahjong as they relate to Dragon Castle and Five Tribes

In this episode, Norm discusses the article "The Finnish Paradox" by Pasi Sahlberg.  This Finnish educational philosophy is one of the main influences to Cardboard in the Classroom.

https://pasisahlberg.com/the-finnish-paradox/

In this episode, Ryan will describe how Pioneer Days is well appreciated for his new favourite mechanism ... Dice Drafting! and Norm will explain what it's like to be the head of the household in Italy from the time of the Renaissance ... and yes, this game has Dice Drafting!

In this episode, Ryan describes how Tsuro in the math classroom creates a perfect fit with all of that spatial reasoning and Norm takes us through a tour of his city building when he describes the correlation between Suburbia and the Sociology classroom.