Almost everyone enjoys playing games! Nowhere is the connection between games and political education more obvious than in board games and party games. They provide a direct gateway to learning about and reflecting on political and social issues.
- Games have a clear framework, a distinct structure, and understandable rules.
- They give diverse target groups the opportunity to participate.
- They motivate through cooperative or competitive tasks.
- They can be filled with topics from various policy areas.
- Our games convey and reflect fundamental values, decision-making processes, institutions, and competencies of democracy and the rule of law.
- Many of our games are based on well-known and popular formats such as Snakes and Ladders, Master Mind, Black Stories, Quartet, and Werewolf/Mafia. This means that participants do not need to spend a lot of time learning the rules of the game and can concentrate on the content instead.
- The appealing material motivates participation.
- The seemingly simple content provides plenty of food for thought after the game.
- Many games do not require instruction by a teacher or game leader.
