Virtual Board Game Design Workshop
February 27, 2025 | 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET | Facilitated by Valerie Lancelle and Dean Meyers
Workshop Schedule
A focused half-day collaborative experience
- Welcome & Icebreaker8:00 - 8:15 AM
- Exercise #1: What Makes a Board Game Fun?8:15 - 9:00 AM
- Exercise #2: Game Deconstruction9:00 - 9:30 AM
- Breakouts: 5-Panel Storyboard9:30 - 10:15 AM
- Team Presentations10:15 - 10:30 AM
- Rose, Bud, Thorn10:30 - 10:50 AM
- Crazy 8s + Art Gallery10:50 - 11:30 AM
- Vote & Close11:30 - 12:00 PM
Participants
Who should attend this workshop
- •Product Managers
- •Game Designers
- •UX/UI Designers
- •Innovation Team Members
- •Creative Directors
- •Marketing Strategists
Group Size
Limited to 20 participants to ensure quality interaction and personalized guidance.
What You'll Learn
Key takeaways from the workshop
- •How to leverage AI tools for creative ideation
- •Rapid prototyping techniques for board games
- •Balancing game mechanics and player experience
- •Collaborative design methodologies
- •User testing and iteration strategies
- •Bringing AI-assisted designs to market
Workshop Overview
Join us for an immersive, hands-on workshop where we'll explore the intersection of traditional board game design and cutting-edge AI assistance. This focused half-day session is designed to equip Biggie Toys' innovation team with practical skills and methodologies for creating engaging, innovative board game concepts using collaborative design techniques.
Throughout the morning, you'll work in pairs to conceptualize and visualize board game ideas through a series of structured exercises. Our experienced facilitators will guide you through each step of the process, from identifying what makes games fun to creating rapid prototypes and gathering constructive feedback.
By the end of the workshop, the team will have generated multiple viable board game concepts with clear visual storyboards, identified the most promising ideas through collaborative voting, and established next steps for further development and refinement.
Materials Provided
- •Mural workspace with templates
- •Digital workshop guide
- •Board game design reference materials
- •Post-workshop summary and resources
- •Access to workshop recordings
What to Bring
- •Laptop computer with webcam
- •Stable internet connection
- •Mural account (invitation will be sent)
- •Paper and pen for quick sketches
- •Creative energy and collaborative spirit