Digital preservation and related games

Some games are available for downloading and printing. For other games you may have to contact the creator or publisher.

If you know of any other games that should be added to this page or if you have other feedback, please let me know.

Digital preservation games

Name	By	Description	Players	Duration	Type	Mechanism	License	Remark	Image
Archive	Émilie Fortin and Jean-François Ruest of the Université Laval	In this collaborative and competitive game, you try to obtain the resources to keep your collections indefinitely!	2-4	45m	Board game	Game of Life	CC BY-NC-SA 4.0	I playtested an early version of the game at iPRES 2019 in Amsterdam.
CURATE! The Digital Curator Game	DigCurV: Katie McCadden, Susan Schreibmann, Jennifer Edmond, Kate Fernie and Carol Usher	Put yourselves into digital project scenarios and address challenges that arise when institutions engage with digital curation and preservation.	4-6	45m	Board game	Monolopy	CURATE! is copyright of DigCurV.	CURATE! inspired me to start developing Preservia.
DANS Data Game	DANS-KNAW: Ricarda Braukmann, Heidi Berkhout, Ellen Leenarts, Cees H.J. Hof, E.M.S. Dijk and René van Horik	The DANS Data Game gives an impression of the research data landscape and was produced for the 15th anniversary of DANS in 2020.	2 or more	15m	Card game	Quartet	CC-By-SA-	Thank you Henk van den Heuvel for mentioning this game.
Digital Preservation Storage Criteria Game	National Library of New Zealand	Players consider the relative importance of each criterion in the context of specific roles where resources or support may be limited.	3-5	30-60m	Board game	Drafting/Deck building	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License	Image credit: Ashley Blewer
Preservia	Remco van Veenendaal	Explore the country of Preservia, that is leaving a Digital Dark Age. Recover lost digital heritage. Restore the Preservian preservation policy. Win.	2-4	60-90m	Board game	Eurogame / Role-playing game	CC0
Obsolescence	Colin Armstrong and Valene Jouvet of the British Library	Obsolescence is a competitive card game, themed around the practices and challenges of digital preservation. Avoid obsolescence by not drawing an ‘Obsolescence’ card.	2-5	15-30m	Card game	Exploding kittens	Use only in a non-commercial capacity. The game is largely based on a retheme of ‘Exploding Kittens’ by Oatmeal creators Elan Lee and Matthew Inman.	Obsolescence is a lot of fun and has beautiful original graphics.
Save my bits	Eld Zierau	Learn more about bit preservation. Invest your money wisely and form alliances to get through the years 2018 to 2050 without losing bit information.	3-10	60-90m	Board game	Eurogame	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Ticket to preserve	Herman Uffen en Tamar Kinkel	Together with colleagues, you will learn how to get a grip on sustainable digital heritage collection expenditure and how to map out your ambitions.	2-4	45m	Board game	Monolopy/Ticket to ride	Contact Netwerk Digitaal Erfgoed	I had the opportunity to contribute to the game's development.	Coming soon

Name	By	Description	Players	Duration	Type	Mechanism	License	Remark	Image
Play-A-LOD Animals	Marcia van Oploo, Constant Gordon, Erwin Folmer and Platform Linked Data Nederland.	The aim of the Play-a-LOD Animals is to become acquainted with the principles of Linked Data, by creating triples consisting of a Subject - Predicate - Object.	2-4	15-30m	Tile-based game	DominoesDominoes	Buy the game at bol.com or contact Hans van Bragt.
Informatiespel	Hermes advies en management	The aim of the game is to get information management on the agenda, to raise awareness and lay the foundations of knowledge.	groups	60-90m	Serious game	Storytelling/Deck building	Unknown	Thank you André Plat for mentioning this game.
KVAN jubileumkwartet	KVAN	A quartet game created to celebrate the 125th anniversary of KVAN.	2-4	15m	Card game	Quartets	Unknown