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This page contains (sortable and searchable) tables with (serious) board and card games rlated to digital preservation<\/a>, and games related to information management<\/a> and archiving<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some games are available for downloading and printing. For other games you may have to contact the creator or publisher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you know of any other games that should be added to this page or if you have other feedback, please let me know: private email<\/a> or professional email<\/a> at National Archives of the Netherlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Name<\/th>Image<\/th>By<\/th>Description<\/th>Players<\/th>Duration<\/th>Type<\/th>Mechanism<\/th>License<\/th>Remark<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Acronym Soup<\/a><\/td>\"\"Image: Digitalbevaring.dk<\/td>Jenn Roberts<\/td>Flash card game with digital preservation, software development and archival domain acronyms.<\/td>1-many<\/td>10m<\/td>Card game<\/a><\/td>Flashcard<\/a><\/td>Unknown<\/td>Introduced at iPRES 2023 in Champaign-Urbana.
\nNote: might be same as Artefactual's AAG<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Archive<\/a><\/td>\"\"Image: the game board<\/td>\u00c9milie Fortin and Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Ruest of the Universit\u00e9 Laval<\/td>Try to obtain the resources to keep your collections indefinitely!<\/td>2-4<\/td>45m<\/td>Board game<\/a><\/td>Game of Life<\/a><\/td>CC BY-NC-SA 4.0<\/a><\/td>I playtested an early version of the game at iPRES 2019 in Amsterdam.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CURATE! The Digital Curator Game<\/a><\/td>\"\"Image: the game board<\/td>DigCurV: Katie McCadden, Susan Schreibmann, Jennifer Edmond, Kate Fernie and Carol Usher<\/td>Put yourselves into project scenarios to address digital curation and preservation challenges .<\/td>4-6<\/td>45m<\/td>Board game<\/a><\/td>Monolopy<\/a><\/td>CURATE! is copyright of DigCurV.<\/td>CURATE! inspired me to start developing Preservia.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DANS Data Game<\/a><\/td>\"\"Image: a game card<\/td>DANS-KNAW: Ricarda Braukmann, Heidi Berkhout, Ellen Leenarts, Cees H.J. Hof, E.M.S. Dijk and Ren\u00e9 van Horik<\/td>The game gives an impression of the research data landscape.<\/td>2 or more<\/td>15m<\/td>Card game<\/a><\/td>Quartet<\/a><\/td>CC-By-SA<\/a><\/td>Thank you Henk van den Heuvel for mentioning this game.
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\nThe game was produced for the 15th anniversary of DANS in 2020.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Data Horror Escape Room<\/a><\/td>\"\"Image: Ben Peters, De hondsdagen<\/td>A collaborative team from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Leiden University and the Eindhoven University of Technology<\/td>Can you escape this online data horror escape room?<\/td>1-many<\/td>60m<\/td>Escape room<\/a><\/td>Online<\/td>CC-BY-SA-4.0<\/a><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Digital Preservation for 5 Year Olds<\/a><\/td>\"\"Image: Digitalbevaring.dk<\/td>Jonathan Isip and Francesca Mackenzie<\/td>A set of definition cards explaining digital preservation as if to 5 year olds.<\/td>1-many<\/td>As long as you want<\/td>Card game<\/a><\/td>Flashcard<\/a><\/td>Unknown<\/td>Introduced at iPRES 2024 in Ghent.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Digital Preservation Jeopardy!<\/a><\/td>\"\"Image: DPC, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0<\/td>Ruby Martinez and Tricia Patterson<\/td>What is Digital Preservation Jeopardy?<\/td>1-many<\/td>15m<\/td>Jeopardy!<\/a><\/td>Jeopardy!<\/a><\/td>Unknown<\/td>Introduced at iPRES 2022 in Glasgow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Digital Preservation Storage Criteria Game<\/a><\/td>\"\"Image: DPC, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0<\/td>National Library of New Zealand<\/td>Players consider the relative importance of each criterion in the context of specific roles.<\/td>3-5<\/td>30-60m<\/td>Board game<\/a><\/td>Drafting<\/a> \/ Deck building<\/a><\/td>Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License<\/a><\/td>One of the four games present at the first iPRES games room in 2018. I had a chance to play it at iPRES 2022 in Glasgow.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dungeons & Documents<\/a><\/td>\"\"Image: iPRES 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0<\/td>UCD students Lena Boese, Ellen Fanning and Feargal Keenan<\/td>Players undergo a journey to complete the quest of digital preservation.<\/td>2-4<\/td>45m<\/td>Board game<\/a><\/td>Eurogame<\/a> \/ Snakes and Ladders<\/a><\/td>Unknown<\/td>DPC Award for Teaching and Communications 2024 finalist, introduced at iPRES 2024 in Ghent.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
File Format Frenzy<\/a><\/td>\"\"Image: a game screen<\/td>Francesca Mackenzie<\/td>An interactive fiction game about file format identification.<\/td>1<\/td>10m<\/td>Interactive Fiction<\/a><\/td>Interactive Fiction<\/a><\/td>Unknown<\/td>Introduced at iPRES 2024 in Ghent.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
File Format Fling<\/a><\/td>\"\"Image: the file format fling logo<\/td>A collaborative team from the Netherlands and the UK<\/td>An interactive game to learn about certain file formats in the most unique way: with a dating quiz.<\/td>1<\/td>15-30m<\/td>Interactive Fiction<\/a><\/td>Interactive Fiction<\/a><\/td>Unknown<\/td>Introduced for World Digital Preservation Day 2024.
\nNote: I ended up going home alone.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
File Format or Fake?<\/a><\/td>\"\"Image: a game screen<\/td>Karyn Williamson<\/td>Test your knowledge: is a file format an existing or fake file format?<\/td>1-many<\/td>10m<\/td>Quizz<\/a><\/td>Choose between two options.<\/td>Unknown<\/td>Played it at iPRES 2022 in Glasgow.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mille Formats<\/a><\/td>\"\"Image: a game card<\/td>\u00c9milie Fortin and Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Ruest of the Universit\u00e9 Laval<\/td>Try to get your format cards into a trusted digital repository before anyone else.<\/td>2-7<\/td>20m<\/td>Card game<\/a><\/td>Drafting<\/a> \/ Deck building<\/a><\/td>CC BY-NC-SA 4.0<\/a><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nibble in Cyberspace<\/a><\/td>\"\"Image: a game screen<\/td>Ross Spencer<\/td>Help Nibble fight entropy itself by following good #digipres practice<\/td>1<\/td>As long as you want<\/td>Video game<\/a><\/td>Shoot 'em up<\/a><\/td>Contact Ross Spencer<\/a><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Obsolescence<\/a><\/td>\"\"Image: a game card<\/td>Colin Armstrong and Valene Jouvet of the British Library<\/td>Avoid obsolescence by not drawing an \u2018Obsolescence\u2019 card.<\/td>2-5<\/td>15-30m<\/td>Card game<\/a><\/td>Exploding kittens<\/a><\/td>Retheme of 'Exploding Kittens'. Use only in a non-commercial capacity.<\/td>Obsolescence is a lot of fun and has beautiful original graphics. One of the four games present at the first iPRES games room in 2018.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Open \u2764 Science<\/><\/td>\"\"Image: Digitalbevaring.dk<\/td>GHOST Collective, Games of Horror for Open Science Training<\/td>This game celebrates the essence of Open Science - fostering connections.<\/td>3-7<\/td>5m - 24h<\/td>Card game<\/a><\/td>Apples to Apples<\/a><\/td>Unknown<\/td>Introduced at iPRES 2024 in Ghent. Also playable online.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Open Science Against Humanity<\/a><\/td>\"\"Image: iPRES 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0<\/td>GHOST Collective, Games of Horror for Open Science Training<\/td>Pair the prompt cards and the black cards in the funniest, most provocative, or smartest way you can.<\/td>3-many<\/td>5m - 24h<\/td>Card game<\/a><\/td>Cards Against Humanity<\/a><\/td>Apache 2.0-license<\/td>Introduced at iPRES 2024 in Ghent. Also playable online.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Open Science Escape Room<\/a><\/td>\"\"Image: Ben Peters, De hondsdagen<\/td>Elisa Rodenburg,
\nLena Karvovskaya, Eirini Zormpa and Anna Volkova<\/td>		Can you escape this online open science escape room?<\/td>1-many<\/td>30m<\/td>Escape room<\/a><\/td>Online<\/td>Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License<\/a><\/td>Played it at iPRES 2022 in Glasgow.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Preservation Python<\/a><\/td>\"\"Image: a game screen<\/td>Jonathan Isip<\/td>You control a shrinking python, a metaphor for obsolescence and data loss.<\/td>1<\/td>As long as you can<\/td>Snake<\/a><\/td>Snake<\/a><\/td>Unknown (\"The base code is adapted from Snake Game by Edureka.\")<\/td>Created as part of the DPC Award-winning Bits and bots study group<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Preservia<\/td>\"\"Image: Preservia.nl<\/td>Remco van Veenendaal<\/td>Roll dice, explore Preservia, recover heritage, restore policy. Win!<\/td>2-4<\/td>60-90m<\/td>Board game<\/a><\/td>Eurogame<\/a> \/ Role-playing game<\/a><\/td>CC0<\/a><\/td>One of the four games present at the first iPRES games room in 2018. Available from this website.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Save my bits<\/a><\/td>\"\"Image: the game board<\/td>Eld Zierau<\/td>Learn more about bit preservation. Invest your money wisely and form alliances.<\/td>3-10<\/td>60-90m<\/td>Board game<\/a><\/td>Eurogame<\/a><\/td>Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License<\/a><\/td>One of the four games present at the first iPRES games room in 2018.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Digital Archivist<\/a><\/td>\"\"Image: Giulia Carla Rossi<\/td>Giulia Carla Rossi<\/td>A video game in which you move a real-world floppy (tracked by web cam) to control the game.<\/td>1<\/td>5m<\/td>Video game<\/a><\/td>Space invaders<\/a><\/td>Contact Giulia Carla Rossi<\/a><\/td>Played it at iPRES 2022 in Glasgow.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Human Stack<\/a><\/td>\"\"Image: a game card<\/td>Estelle Pope and Jenny Mullins <\/td>Explore the roles and resources needed to meet digital preservation challenges.<\/td>2-6<\/td>45m (?)<\/td>Card game<\/a><\/td>Worldbuilding<\/a><\/td>Unknown<\/td>Introduced at iPRES 2023 in Champaign-Urbana.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ticket to preserve<\/a><\/td>\"\"Image: the game board<\/td>Herman Uffen en Tamar Kinkel<\/td>Get a grip on sustainable digital heritage collection expenditure and learn how to map out your ambitions.<\/td>2-4<\/td>45m<\/td>Board game<\/a><\/td>Monolopy<\/a> \/ Ticket to ride<\/a><\/td>Contact Netwerk Digitaal Erfgoed<\/a><\/td>I had the opportunity to contribute to the game's development and am the proud owner of an official copy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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