Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 6 minutes ago
This live stream is a panel of game professionals and researchers discussing the depiction of colonialism in board games and tabletop wargames. We will focus on the evolution of colonialism's depiction in our games, examine ethical and historical considerations of this depiction and discuss a possible way forward for the hobby.
The panel:
Mary Flanagan: an award-winning game designer and artist, is Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor in Digital Humanities, Chair of Film and Media Studies, and director of the Tiltfactor game research lab at Dartmouth College. She is the author of eight books, including Playing Oppression.
Jason "ShelfStories" Perez: runs the Youtube channel Shelf Stories focus on education, inclusion, and compassion in our hobby. He is a cultural consultant in the board game industry, including Brazil Imperial, and Puerto Rico 1897.
Brian Train: is a freelance writer and game designer who has published over 50 games, including Colonial Twilight, and historical articles with a wide range of civilian publishers. His special interests in game design are irregular warfare, “pol-mil” games, and asymmetric games.
Cole Wehrle: is creative director at Leder Games, and is co-founder of Wehrlegig Games. He is an award winning board game designer. His most recent game is John Company: Second Edition.
Presented by Luis Aguasvivas, Fred Serval.
Review of Playing Oppression by Luis: popmatters.com/playing-oppression-flanagan-jakobsson-2023
To support the channel: ko-fi.com/homoludens1871
This live stream is a panel of game professionals and researchers discussing the depiction of colonialism in board games and tabletop wargames. We will focus on the evolution of colonialism's depiction in our games, examine ethical and historical considerations of this depiction and discuss a possible way forward for the hobby.
The panel:
Mary Flanagan: an award-winning game designer and artist, is Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor in Digital Humanities, Chair of Film and Media Studies, and director of the Tiltfactor game research lab at Dartmouth College. She is the author of eight books, including Playing Oppression.
Jason "ShelfStories" Perez: runs the Youtube channel Shelf Stories focus on education, inclusion, and compassion in our hobby. He is a cultural consultant in the board game industry, including Brazil Imperial, and Puerto Rico 1897.
Brian Train: is a freelance writer and game designer who has published over 50 games, including Colonial Twilight, and historical articles with a wide range of civilian publishers. His special interests in game design are irregular warfare, “pol-mil” games, and asymmetric games.
Cole Wehrle: is creative director at Leder Games, and is co-founder of Wehrlegig Games. He is an award winning board game designer. His most recent game is John Company: Second Edition.
Presented by Luis Aguasvivas, Fred Serval.
Review of Playing Oppression by Luis: popmatters.com/playing-oppression-flanagan-jakobsson-2023
To support the channel: ko-fi.com/homoludens1871
