Table tilt: making friends fast

  • Authors:
  • Evie Powell;Rachel Brinkman;Tiffany Barnes;Veronica Catete

  • Affiliations:
  • UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC;UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC;UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC;UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Social capital implies that social networks have value. It is therefore important that when a person is at an academic conference, they must strive to build a strong professional social network for themselves. This can be difficult for many academic conference attendeees. We present Table Tilt, a two-minute ice-breaker game for 2--6 players with iPhones or iPods, that was built to facilitate team building and help individuals build social capital. Table Tilt leverages human sociality and game rules to promote communication and teamwork.