Gamestorming Games

Question 1

Affinity Map/Card Sort

Answer 1

Purpose: Generate as many ideas as possible, and make meaning of those ideas

Artifacts: Up to 20 ppl; max 90 min; Empty Space; Sticky Notes & Board or Notecards and Table (4 or less ppl); Firestarter ?

Rules:

1. Each Player generates ideas on sticky notes in response to ? (10 min)
2. Cluster ideas into categories (10 min)
3. Create “parking lot” for ideas that do not have a natural fit
4. Reshuffle sticky notes, & recombine ideas based on affinities they didn’t notice in first round

Question 2

Dot Voting

Answer 2

Purpose: Prioritize and converge upon an agreed solution/idea

Artifacts: 3+ Players; Dots or markers; < 15 min; ideas to vote on

Rules:

1. Participants cast their votes all at once
2. They each get a limited # of votes (e.g. 5)
3. They may vote more than once for a single item they feel strongly about

Relist items in priority order

Question 3

Forced Ranking

Answer 3

Purpose: Get agreement on a single, ranked list of items

Artifacts: 3-10 participants; 30-60 min; items to rank; criteria for ranking; matrices of items and each criteria

Rules:

1. Rank items separately for each criteria
2. Relist items by total rank

Question 4

Storyboard

Question 5

WWDWBW? - Who Will Do What By When? (WhoDo)

Question 6

3-12-3 Brainstorming

Question 7

Anti-Problem

Question 8

Brainwriting

Question 9

Context Map

Question 10

Cover Story

Question 11

Draw the Problem

Question 12

Fishbowl

Question 13

Forced Analogy

Question 14

Graphic Jam

Question 15

Heuristic Ideation Technique

Question 16

The History Map

Question 17

Image-ination

Question 18

Low-Tech Social Network

Question 19

Mission Impossible

Question 20

Object Brainstorm

Question 21

Pecha Kucha

Question 22

Pie Chart Agenda

Question 23

Poster Session

Question 24

Pre-Mortem

Question 25

Show and Tell

Question 26

Show Me Your Values