City of Sharing is a participatory design tool in the form of a board game being created to inform how communities can develop their urban block as a Community Land Trust (CLT).
Hosted at Primary in Nottingham, this test was played with a group of the resident artists using the latest version of the game. The game was set up in the reading room with a boom holding a time-lapse camera to record the progress on the board. Lunch was provided and allowed time for introductions and… Continue reading 0.6.1 – Game Mechanism test – Primary
For the second game mechanism test, some of the key changes proposed for version 0.6 were implemented. Proposal Decks The Proposal Decks have the possible cards that can be played outlined, and instructions on the game-play process. The Board The revised board/site map has copies of the place cards around the edge, so that the… Continue reading Version 0.6.0 Game mechanism test
Following the last game test, a lot of changes are needed to simplify the game-play and make it fit together as a coherent whole so a new version will be made. The changes will still need to adhere to the key principles of the game: to simulate and teach democratic decision making and negotiation processes;… Continue reading Version 0.5 to 0.6 – Game-play simplification
City of Sharing 