NASAGA 2003

These are resources from the pre-conference Designing Great Games and Simulations by Kevin Eikenberry and Chris Saeger

• Evaluation
  • Evaluate Training Games With This Checklist from Thiagi
  • Board Game Evaluation from Exploratory Learning through Simulations and Games, San Diego State University
• Design Articles
  • Ten Secrets of Successful Simulations
    by Gary Shirts
  • Faster, Better, Cheaper
    by Thiagi
  • A Dozen Design Questions
    by Kevin Eikenberry
  • Getting Started
    by Chris Saeger
• Other Resources
  • Our original inspiration for this session
  • Production Simulations--Another inspiration for this session.

Articles on Simulation

• The Art of Computer Game Design--Implications for all types of simulation design
• Of FUN and Flow by Bernie DeKoven
• Rieber - Seriously Considering Play
• Simulation game - a participative method for organization development
• Business Simulations and the Role of the Manager
• Flight Simulators for Management Education

Professional Associations

• North American Simulation and Gaming Association
  NASAGA’s primary mission is to facilitate the use of simulations and games and to collect, develop and spread information about the principles and procedures of interactive, experiential approaches to education, training, management, problem solving and decision making.
• The Association for Business Simulation and Experiential Learning
  ABSEL is a professional association whose purpose is to develop and promote the use of experiential techniques and simulations in the field of business education and development.
• ISPI--Potomac Chapter Our local chapter of the International Society for Performance Improvement.

Simulation and Game Instructions

• The Distribution Game
  The Distribution Game is a freeware computer-based simulation game of a two level distribution system. The player controls shipments from a supplier and from a central warehouse. Student reviews have been enthusiastic. The animation of the trucks is a crowd-pleaser. The game is designed to be run in about 2 hours. By Peter L. Jackson, John A. Muckstadt School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Cornell University
• Experiential Learning Activities for Operations Management
  This page describes the experiential learning activities and games Ron Wright and Salwa Ammar use while teaching production and operations management at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, NY.
• Homelessness Simulation Game
  By creating a small economic society, this simulation game gives participants an opportunity to understand some of the causes of homelessness through a make-believe first-hand experience. Created by Glenn Stein of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism Version 1.1 - 7/17/89