What's Your Game Plan?

**For Teachers, Presenters, Training Managers, Instructional Designers, Content Designers, & Game Designers**

UPDATED FIRST EDITION

What does the lesson “Finding Citations,” the game “Trivial Pursuit,” and the mechanic “Bluffing” all have in common? WHAT’S YOUR GAME PLAN? is a brainstorming card game that works by the power of group collaboration. Your task is to enhance a traditional exercise with the mechanics of popular board games in only 20 minutes. If you’re an educator, manager, or instructional designer, you will learn how to create quick non-digital learning games or training simulations. If you’re a game designer of any skill level, you can generate ideas for new games (whether educational or not).

This game is unique because it shows you how to adapt ANY of your existing lesson plans or instructional ideas into a game. I’ve used it as the basis of my speaking presentations across the United States. Teachers play the game by themselves to get ideas for their classroom, or they play it with their students so the entire class can create games out of their assignments. Other teachers bring it to professional development workshops where they must create exercises out of student learning outcomes. Business professionals and instructional or content designers like the game because it helps them think of new training or problem-solving techniques, as well as marketing approaches. Game designers interested in educational applications use this as the prototype for a digital creation, or they skip my game's "lesson" aspect entirely, and brainstorm the design of a new game that's just for entertainment! Go to my website at What's Your Game Plan? - Joe Bisz and Game-Based Learning [joebisz.com] to read more about how the game functions and to see feedback.

UPDATED FIRST EDITION: The product for sale here is the “updated first edition,” released in July 2015. It contains slightly different cards than the older “first edition.” If you’ve already purchased this game in the past (before July 2015), and you’d like to convert those old cards to this new updated edition, you should buy the special “conversion deck” here https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/what-s-your-game-plan-conversion-deck-for-updated-1st-ed. . If you’re not sure which edition you already have, you can view the new cards at the previous link.

OTHER EXPANSIONS AVAILABLE: Currently there is a “Math Lesson Expansion” for people interested in making educational math games. Buy it here: https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/what-s-your-game-plan-base-game-with-math-lesson-expansion. You can view all available expansions and related products for the game at What's Your Game Plan? - Joe Bisz and Game-Based Learning [www.joebisz.com].

Be sure to check out my second game that teaches instructional game design, and can also be used for professional development exercises--find it here on GameCrafter: Complex Mechanics: 9 Gamed-Up Teaching Approaches [www.thegamecrafter.com]

**Designed by a College Professor and Workshop Speaker**