by bgacademics | Nov 4, 2025 | Victory Points
October 2025Sarah S. Johnson, MSEd My husband and I are both former public school teachers. So when we decided to take our gifted daughter out of public school and homeschool her, it was not a decision we came to quickly or easily. I wasn’t entirely sure what...
by bgacademics | Sep 18, 2025 | Victory Points
September 2025Misty Novitch The unpublished cooperative storytelling board game, LIFE Reimagined, is a potential case study for how we might use tabletop gaming to facilitate larger collective conversations, education, and action on the overwhelming topics around...
by bgacademics | Aug 6, 2025 | Victory Points
August 2025Maggie Hemphill, MA, LMHCA I took a seat at a round folding table with six men in a church basement on a Monday night. It was my third time attending the bi-monthly meet-up of my local board gaming group, Meeples-N-More, and, as one of only two women in the...
by bgacademics | Jul 9, 2025 | Victory Points
July 2025Kelber Tozini, Ph.D. I know it sounds weird…but what if it’s real? I began my doctoral studies in 2019, the same year I completed my second Master’s Degree in the Boston Area. I obtained my first one in Brazil and originally applied to Ph.D. programs in...
by bgacademics | Jun 6, 2025 | Victory Points
June 2025Grace Kaletski-Maisel, MA, MS Introduction I’ve been a tabletop gamer for over a decade, but I’ve only recently started exploring the world of children’s board games. Some of my three-year-old’s favorites are First Orchard, Monkey Around, and Acorn...
by bgacademics | Feb 17, 2025 | Victory Points
February 2025Matthew Makak, LMHC Board gaming is as much an extroverted activity as an introverted one, and that paradox is interesting to explore. Board games are deeply social while also being a reserved experience (assuming one plays more than only solo-driven...
