We played a game called 'Gold of the Desert Kings'. The objective was to cross a desert, get as much gold as possible from the other side, and get back home within 25 days. Sounds easy?! - Not at all. We had limited resources (ie. food, water, shelter). These were necessary to stay alive during the trip. But you could only access these resources in certain parts of the desert. The game took about 1 hour and 15 minutes to complete. Luckily, we managed to survive our desert-crossing, but we came in third place overall.
After playing the game, we reviewed our every move. Soon enough, we realised that we had jumped to many conclusions, assumed different things and had not fully understood the objective of the game. So, all together, it was a huge learning curve. We were able to apply sections of the game to real-life situations. This made it a very tangible exercise.
Big thanks to Ger who did an excellent job of explaining the game to us, and moderating the workshop!
I would highly recommend the workshop to other students and to workplaces.
Here's a short promo video about 'Gold of the Desert Kings' (albeit slightly hyperbolic - it is only a board game):
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