Developing the Rule the School! Gameboard
Probably the most important aspect of the Rule The School! Boardgame is the gameboard. I decided to focus on the Board Game first instead of the card game mainly because using a gameboard could help reduce the game’s complexity, do a lot of the heavy lifting for some of the mechanics, and make the game […]
The Story of Rule The School!
At that point I realized this could be more than just a game. It could actually be used as a tool to spark similar conversations with other kids and maybe actually contribute to improving their behavior! It harkened back to my teaching and mentoring days, when we were trying to drill proper behavior protocols into the kids to get them to act right. We told the kids over and over again stuff like “don’t be a bully. Stop bullying. Bullying is wrong.” but it never occurred to us that some of these kids don’t even know what bullying IS or how to recognize when they are doing it. We never took the time to explain to them why it is wrong and why it’s unacceptable in a way they would understand. Which probably explains why we had to keep telling them not to be a bully over and over again. Having a tool that can help the kids understand what is and isn’t acceptable behavior and (more importantly) WHY it is and isn’t acceptable behavior could be a valuable resource teachers and parents could use to train their kids.