Microscope meets 9th Grade English Class
“As the week continued, I could see the students becoming more comfortable not just with the game but with themselves and their interactions in groups. It was transformational for some: I saw students who started the class as awkward, self-doubting students and who were able to take some notable steps in developing their sense of ownership and their voice as the gameplay developed.”
Using Microscope in my 9th grade English class
This is the kind of thing that makes me happy to be a game designer. If you’re interested in Microscope in the classroom (or gaming as an educational tool in general), check out Robbie Boerth’s report. Great stuff.
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Hi Ben,
My name is Alberto, I am a Spanish professor who has lived in the US for 15 years, and I currently work at Rhodes College, Memphis. Several of my friends in Spain have contacted me to try to contact you, because they want to discuss with you the possibility of translating to Spanish and publishing both Microscope and Follow. Your games are extremely popular among the indie community of tabletop rpg players, but there is still a bunch of people who cannot get into them because of language issues/how innovative your games are.
If you would be interested in talking to them about how this could be done, if possible, just send me an email and I’ll do anything I can to see this happening. Follow and Microscope are games I have enjoyed immensely. You deserve greater recognition and the Hispanic rpg community would love to have them.
Anyway, thanks a lot for all you have done, and please, keep going at it!
Alberto