[game_edu] Game Industry Passover Seder at GDC

STEPHEN JACOBS itprofjacobs at gmail.com
Thu Feb 28 18:21:30 EST 2013

In case some you who might be interested haven't seen this, registration is closing 3/5 so we can lock down the head count for the caterer.

http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/StephenJacobs/20130220/187004/Come_to_the_Game_Industry_Seder_in_San_Francisco_during_GDC.php

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On Feb 28, 2013, at 10:01 AM, "game_edu-request at igda.org" <game_edu-request at igda.org> wrote:


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> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:42:51 -0600

> From: "Suzanne Freyjadis" <freyjadis at austin.rr.com>

> Subject: [game_edu] SXSW & GDC

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> Hello Lovely Edu SIG!

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> I wanted to let you all know that I will not be at GDC this year, but I will

> be at SXSW and would LOVE to have an IGDA Edu SIG Meet-Up!

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> So please let me know if you plan to attend SXSW so I can arrange a SXSW

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> Also, please let me know if you will attend GDC so that I can arrange a GDC

> Meet-Up for everyone!

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> Suzanne

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> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:55:19 -0700

> From: Katrin Becker <becker at minkhollow.ca>

> Subject: Re: [game_edu] SXSW & GDC

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> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:27:17 -0700

> From: Jim Parker <jparker at ucalgary.ca>

> Subject: Re: [game_edu] {Spam?} SXSW & GDC

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> Say, I *will* be at GDC - want me to do anything??

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> Suzanne Freyjadis wrote:

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>> Hello Lovely Edu SIG!

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>> I wanted to let you all know that I will not be at GDC this year, but

>> I will be at SXSW and would LOVE to have an IGDA Edu SIG Meet-Up!

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>> So please let me know if you plan to attend SXSW so I can arrange a

>> SXSW Meet-Up.

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>>

>> Also, please let me know if you will attend GDC so that I can arrange

>> a GDC Meet-Up for everyone!

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>> Best,

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>> Suzanne

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> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:02:53 -0500 (EST)

> From: "George D. Phillies" <phillies at WPI.EDU>

> Subject: [game_edu] New Book

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> Actually, I will be doing a series of four of them, at about 150 pages

> (but 150 full color figures) each.

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> The objective is to demonstrate that when the complete rules for the game

> are known one can do much deeper tactical analysis.

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> I am using the classic Avalon Hill board wargame Stalingrad as the

> demonstration model. The book also includes a complete explanation of the

> rules (play by computer using e.g. ZunTzu.com download, allowing you to

> introduce students to serious board wargames as opposed to very light

> board wargames like Risk.

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> For Amazon Kindle, in one piece for $4.99:

> http://www.amazon.com/Stalingrad-Beginners-Studies-Design-ebook/dp/B00B3BTWKY

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> On Smashwords, in two pieces each at $2.99

> Stalingrad for Beginners - How to Play

> http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/279308

> Stalingrad for Beginners - Basic Tactics

> http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/280322

> Smashwords gives as formats:

> HTML, .mobi, Epub, PDF, RTF, LRF (older model Sony Readers), Palm Doc

> (PDB), and Plain Text.

> ...George Phillies

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