On this week’s episode of Board Gaming with Education Dustin is joined by Mike De Greef to talk about his game Bipolar the Card Game. In the episode, Dustin and Mike chat about the process of designing a game based on a sensitive topic. Mike lays out a strong blueprint for this design approach that is worth listening to! He also talks about the importance of raising awareness about mental health.

• Episode Topics
  • BGE Updates - 0:21
  • Who is Mike De Greef? 00:53
  • Learning through Games: Magic: the Gathering and English Language Learning - 4:30
  • A Career Shift to the Mental Health Field and Game Design - 6:28
  • Bipolar the Card Game - 9:11
  • Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down Rapid Fire Round - 20:11

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Thank you to Purple Planet Music for the wonderful contribution of their song "Retro Gamer" for our Interview Segment. This song can be found in full on this music archive. Also, thank you to Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) for his creative commons 4.0 contribution of "Getting it Done" for our Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down Rapid Fire Round.

Always be sure to check out our show notes (website blog post) to read a recap of the episode topics and games mentioned in the episode.

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