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• Spring Online Workshop: 1204: The Fourth Crusade

  • Start
    March 21, 2025
  •  
    7:00 PM
  • End
    March 22, 2025
  •  
    5:00 PM
  • Location
    Virtual
  • Spaces left
    2
  • Registered
    28 registrants

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  Join us on March 21-22 for an online workshop featuring The Remaking of the Medieval World, 1204: The Fourth Crusade. We'll gather on Friday evening to set up the game and have preliminary faction meetings, and then play through the game over several sessions on Saturday, with a debriefing and discussion of how to use this game in your own class on Saturday afternoon. Read on for full details, and join us for the first official virtual run of this award-winning game!
  

  THE REMAKING OF THE MEDIEVAL WORLD, 1204:
  THE FOURTH CRUSADE

  The Fourth Crusade invites students to understand one of the greatest medieval atrocities, the sack of Constantinople by a crusader army, and the subsequent reshaping of the Byzantine Empire. The game includes debates on issues such as "just war" and the nature of crusading, feudalism, trade rights, and the relationship between secular and religious authority. It likewise explores the theological issues at the heart of the East-West Schism and the development of constitutional states in the era of the Magna Carta. The game also includes a "choose-your-own adventure" mechanic during the siege and sack of Constantinople, where individual students’ actions shape the fate of the crusade for everyone.
  

  
  

  PRICING
  Become a member (sliding scale for individual membership starts at $25)
  $90 for members
  $125 for non-members
  $0 for funded registrants (see below)
  
  SCHEDULE

  (details to come)

  Friday, March 21, 7:00-8:30 pm Eastern

  Saturday, March 22, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm Eastern

  FUNDED REGISTRATION FOR DEI ADVANCEMENT  
  The Reacting Consortium is committed to fostering a broad and inclusive community by subsidizing participation in all of our programming for instructors who are members of historically underrepresented and marginalized identity groups, and for those teaching at minority-serving institutions (HBCUs, Tribal colleges and universities, AAPI- and Hispanic-serving institutions). If you are interested in applying for one of these spots, please send an email to reacting@barnard.edu with the subject line “Funded Spring Conf Spot” by March 1, 2025 and respond, briefly, to the following questions:

  • How do/es you/your campus/your student body qualify for a DEI-focused initiative?
  • What are the classes and games you might use on your campus, and to what ends? (They need not be those offered at the event you would like to attend).
  • What is your experience (if any) with RTTP, or other games-for-learning?

  GAMEMASTER BIO

  Kyle C. Lincoln is Assistant Professor of Pre-Modern European History and Interdisciplinary Humanities and Director of the Office of Study Abroad at Southeastern Oklahoma State University. He co-authored, with John Giebfried, Remaking the Medieval World: 1204, the Fourth Crusade, for which he was awarded the 2021 Brilliancy Prize, and is actively (co-)developing simulations on Bronze Age Greece (with Mary Beth Arendash), the Investiture Controversy (with Matt Parker and Andrew Larsen) and (as sole author) the Conquest of Granada in 1492. His most recent research book is A Constellation of Authority: Castilian Bishops and the Secular Church during the Reign of Alfonso VIII with Penn State University Press.

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• Save the Date! 2025 Annual Institute

  • Start
    June 04, 2025
  •  
    7:00 PM
  • End
    June 08, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • Location
    Barnard College

  
  

  Save the date for the 2025 Reacting Annual Institute at Barnard College in New York City June 5-8, 2025, with optional programming and check-starting on June 4th! While we're still finalizing details, we encourage you to go ahead and hold these dates to plan accordingly for the best professional development conference for game-based learning.

  See our 2023 and 2024 annual institute event pages for previous programming and pricing details. 

  Though unlikely, these dates are subject to change. 

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• 2025 Annual Institute

  • Start
    June 05, 2025
  •  
    8:00 AM
  • End
    June 08, 2025
  •  
    4:00 PM
  • Location
    Barnard College, New York City

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  Our 25th annual flagship event returns to Barnard College!  From June 4-8, 2025 we'll meet for pedagogy-packed days in New York, and we hope you'll join us.  

  
  

  PROGRAMMING

  
  

  The Reacting pedagogy is best understood by experiencing as students do, albeit in abbreviated versions. This game workshop provides a condensed gameplay experience over two days, broad context for the simulation and mechanics, and includes post-game guidance on how to use it in your own classroom.

  Participants will be sent a gamebook for each game, outlining the topics and debates of a historical moment, as well as detailed role sheets for a historical actor in those debates. Participants prepare and engage as their assigned historical (re)actor, making arguments and forging alliances to achieve specific Victory Objectives. You need not be a specialist to play a Reacting game, but you should plan on doing some preparatory reading. We are pleased to offer nine different games this year:
  
  

  THURSDAY-FRIDAY GAME WORKSHOPS
  Full-length games played over

  • Ashoka: Becoming the Dharma King
  • Red Clay, 1835: Cherokee Removal and the Meaning of Sovereignty
  • Charles Darwin, the Copley Medal, and the Rise of Naturalism, 1861-1864
  • Radical Reconstruction in New Orleans, 1868-1876
  • The Second Spanish Republic, 1931-1939

  SATURDAY SUNDAY GAMES AND NEWBIE WORKSHOP
  Short games played and one "New to Reacting" workshop over three sessions

  • Conclave 1492: The Election of a Renaissance Pope
  • The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798
  • A "Virtuous Woman"? The Abolition of Sati, India 1829
  • London 1854: Cesspits, Cholera, and Conflict over the Broad Street Pump
  • Newbie Workshop

  Veterans can choose one game from each of these groups, and we suggest that newcomers to Reacting opt for our "Newbie Workshop" to best prepare you to run your own first game.

  
  

  CONCURRENT SESSIONS

  This year, we'll be offering more than a dozen different sessions on a variety of topics including Game Safety Mechanisms, Reacting to the Past and Generative AI, and Refining your Debrief. Each session is stand-alone, and you'll be able to attend as many as four during the conference. More information will be shared on these sessions as it becomes available.

  PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE 

  (ALL TIMES EASTERN AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

  
  WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4

  4:00-10:00 PM	DORMS OPEN FOR CHECK-IN
  7:00-9:00 PM	MICROGAMES / MEET AND GREET

  
  

  THURSDAY, JUNE 5

  8:00-9:00 AM	BREAKFAST AND WELCOMING PLENARY
  9:00-10:30 AM	GAME 1 - SESSION A
  10:30-11:00 AM	COFFEE BREAK
  11:00 AM-12:15 PM	CONCURRENT SESSIONS
  12:30-2:00 PM	LUNCH & PRESENTATIONS
  2:15-3:30 PM	GAME 1 - SESSION B
  3:30-5:00 PM	CONCURRENT SESSIONS
  5:00 - 6:00 PM	RECEPTION

  
  

  FRIDAY, JUNE 6

  8:00-9:00 AM	BREAKFAST
  9:00-10:30 AM	GAME 1 - SESSION C
  10:30 - 11:00 AM	COFFEE BREAK
  11:00 AM-12:30 PM	GAME 1 - SESSION D

  
  

  SATURDAY, JUNE 7

  8:00-9:00 AM	BREAKFAST
  9:00-10:30 AM	GAME 2 - SESSION A
  10:30-11:00 AM	COFFEE BREAK
  11:00 AM-12:15 PM	CONCURRENT SESSIONS
  12:30-2:00 PM	LUNCH AND PRESENTATIONS
  2:30-3:30 PM	GAME 2 - SESSION B
  3:30-5:00 PM	CONCURRENT SESSIONS

  
  

  SUNDAY, JUNE 8

  8:00-9:00 AM	BREAKFAST
  9:00-10:30 AM	GAME 2 - SESSION C
  10:30-11:00 AM	COFFEE BREAK
  11:00 AM-12:00 PM	CLOSING PLENARY

  PRICING

  	Early Bird   Feb 20-Mar 31	Regular   Apr 1-Apr 30	Late May 1-Jun 4
  Grad Student/TA*	$555	$605	$655
  Consortium Member	$585	$635	$685
  Non-Member	$685	$735	$785

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  *These rates, while not in reach of all people, are below cost; higher rates for non-members subsidize participation for faculty-in-training.

  Become a member to save money on your registration! Individual memberships start at just $25. 

  FUNDED REGISTRATION FOR DEI ADVANCEMENT $0
  The Reacting Consortium is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and belonging. We have funded registration for instructors who are members of historically underrepresented and marginalized identity groups, and/or for those teaching at minority-serving institutions (HBCUs, Tribal colleges and universities, AAPI- and Hispanic-serving institutions). If you are interested in applying for one of these spots, please send an email to reacting@barnard.edu with the subject line “Funded AI Spot” by May 1. Approved applicants will be able to register for free, but housing will not be included.  Please apply and share with colleagues!
  

  THE DANA JOHNSON GORLIN FELLOWSHIP FUNDED REGISTRATION 
  The Dana Johnson Gorlin Fellowship covers registration, travel, and housing for one instructor to attend the conference. Read more about Dana, the fellowship, previous recipients, and how to apply. Applications and nominations are due April 15. 

  
  

  HOUSING

  We will have approximately 72 beds in 4- and 5-room suites available in the residence hall at 616 W. 116th Street for our conference participants; beds can be booked at a rate of $95/night, with basic linens provided.  Reservations are available only for the nights of June 4-7, and all participants must be checked out by 2pm on June 8.

  The Reacting Consortium Board, in its sole and absolute discretion, reserves the right to bar any person from the Reacting Faculty Lounge on Facebook and from participation in any Reacting Consortium event.

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• Save the Date! 2025 Game Development Conference

  • Start
    July 10, 2025
  •  
    6:30 PM
  • End
    July 12, 2025
  •  
    5:00 PM
  • Location
    Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan

  
  

  Save the date for the 2025 Game Development Conference hosted by Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan July 10-12, 2025. While we're still finalizing details, we encourage you to hold these dates to plan accordingly so you can be sure to join these exciting game development opportunities. Start working on your new game pitches now!

  See our 2024 Conference event page for previous programming and pricing details. 

  Though unlikely, these dates may still be subject to change. 

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