Informal adult learning and training sessions: playing modern board games in the digital age

Figures & data

Table 1. Sequence of played games in the session.

Sequence of play	Name of the game	Adaptation	Purpose
1	Dixit	Each player picks a card without knowing why. Then presents itself based on the card.	Ice-breaking exercise. Sharing personal and informal. Do self-presentation.
2	Happy Salmon	Mixing several copies of the game. Allow the interactions of all players in the room.	Icebreaking with progressive physical activity. Social greetings with other participants.
3	Telestrations	Writing the player’s name, mix the notebooks and get one random. Each player must draw something related to the received person in the notebook.	Think about the colleges and describe them. Recognize others and their characteristics. Exploring how the group sees its members.
4	Fun Employed	Players write funny personal traits in post-its. Then define company roles. Players apply to the job by playing their post-its. All players vote for the best argument.	Self-knowledge. Identifying what are the roles at the company. See how others represent themselves. Training arguments to win the job.
5	Fake Artist Goes to New York	The theme for each round was something to improve in the company.	Foster imagination. Interpretation of other people’s priorities. Training arguments
6	Pantone	Representing images from the clients.	Dealing with graphical representations and creativity. Exploring the company culture.
7	Just One	Guessing the names of the clients	Company culture and memory.

Figure 1. Participants playing Happy Salmon (mixing several decks of cards).

Figure 2. Participants final comments on post-its (translated to English).

Table 2. Concepts (statements) players identified to each game in percentage.

Game	Collaboration (%)	Knowledge (%)	Creativity (%)	Challenge (%)	Fun (%)	Interaction (%)
Happy Salmon	7.69	0	0	34.46	46.15	69.23
Telestrations	14.29	42.86	14.29	57.14	7.14	14.29
Fun Employed	9.09	54.55	27.27	18.18	9.09	18.18
Fake Artist goes to New York	33.33	6.67	6.67	46.67	20.00	60.00
Pantone	7.14	50	14.29	21.43	14.29	14.29
Just One	35.71	42.86	0	7.14	14.29	14.29

Figure 3. Procedure for creating play spaces for delivering goals for institutions and social play.