This document discusses strategies for games and strategies. It touches on several topics: - The importance of games for immersion, fun, and practice for life - Different strategies like just-in-time rules versus big upfront rules - The idea that it is in playing the game that we discover what game we must play - Common strategies like stating the obvious, using your advantages, and changing the game - The concept of a dominant strategy and examples like the Prisoner's Dilemma

1. Strategy
@LlewellynFalco

2. Agile Games2013 - 2014 - 2015

3. SINGLE PLAY GAMES

6. SIMULATIONS

7. GAMER

8. MATHEMATICIAN

10. WHY PLAY GAMES?

11. IMMERSION

13. GAMES ARE
PRACTICE FOR LIFE

15. FUN

17. Scotland's Parliament act of
6 March 1457
Banning Golf

19. GAMES ARE
PRACTICE FOR LIFE

20. DISCLAIMER

22. 6.6 6.8
7
2
2
4

24. 0
10
20
30
40
50
60
0 5 10
Hotness
+.9 X A8
-.5 X A2
0 X A4
-.1 X A6
+.9 X 15
-.5 X 10
0 X 20
-.1 X 55
13.5
-5
0
-5.5
3

25. 0
10
20
30
40
50
60
0 5 10
Hotness
+.9 X A8
-.5 X A2
0 X A4
-.1 X A6
+.9 X 52
-.5 X 10
0 X 10
-.1 X 20
46.8
-5
0
-2
20+.4 X A0 +.4 X 50
59.8

26. .9A8 - .1A6 - .5A2 + .4A0

27. 7
2
2
4

29. WHAT IS MY
STRATEGY?

30. STRATEGIES
ON
STRATEGIES

31. ING
TO
LEARN
PLAY

32. MAVERICK

36. 0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0 20 40 60 80 100
Knowledge

37. NEW > GOOD

38. BIG UPFRONT
REQUIREMENTS

39. BIG UPFRONT
RULES

40. JUST IN TIME
RULES

41. 42
It is in the doing of
the work that we
discover the work that
we must do.
- @WoodyZuill

42. 43
It is in the playing of
the game that we
discover the game that
we must play.
- @WoodyZuill

43. WHAT IS A GREAT
STRATEGY?

44. BETTER > GREAT

45. WHAT IS YOUR
STRATEGY?

46. STATE THE OBVIOUS

47. HOW DID I BEAT YOU?
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH
MY MUSCLES IN THIS PLACE?
IS THAT AIR
YOU’RE
BEATHING?

48. STRATEGY EXERCISE

49. DOMINANT
STRATEGY

50. ADVANTAGES

51. Agile Software Project Simulation
Arlo Belshee
2008 Winner of the Gordon Pask Award
For Agile Practices
James Shore
2005 Winner of the Gordon Pask Award
For Agile Practices

54. MAXIMIZE
LEARNING

55. DOMINANT
STRATEGY

56. SELLOUT 6/6
STAYTRUE
SELLOUT STAYTRUE
8/0
0/8
1/1

57. SELLOUT 6/6
STAYTRUE
SELLOUT
8/0

58. SELLOUT
STAYTRUE
STAYTRUE
0/8
1/1

59. SELLOUT 6/6
STAYTRUE
SELLOUT STAYTRUE
8/0
0/8
1/1

60. GOLDEN BALLS

61. “ANYTHING THAT IS NOT
EXPLICITLY FORBIDDEN IS
ALLOWED”
- AUGUSTO BOAL
(THEATRE OF THE OPPRESSED)

62. CHANGE THE GAME

63. KOBAYASHI MARU

64. PLAY TO LEARN
STATE THE OBVIOUS
USE YOUR ADVANTAGES
CHANGE THE GAME

65. THANK YOU
& PLAY ON
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