Additional Tips & Resources for Provenance of the Dead
Provenance of the Dead , my competitive storytelling game about archaeology, was recently published in the collection Roll for Learning: 51 Micro Role-Playing Games to Use in the Classroom by Play Story Press, which you can get free ( or print on demand via Lulu)! The "textbook version" of Provenance of the Dead (whoa... P-O-D) includes tips for facilitating the game in your classroom, reflection prompts, references, and an expanded ruleset. These supplements might be useful/of interest to gamers and material culture-fanatics outside of the classroom, too. Since the book is also Creative Commons, I copied these appendices over here for easy reference! Here's a brief rundown: Best Practices for Playing & Tips for Running the Game Safety tools, referee roles, time-keeping, and extra rules for "advanced" or more squarely collaborative play Guidelines for Classroom Implementation Adapting subject matter, necessary background knowledge, ethical conside...