Gaming the Past

PDFs of various presentations, etc

2026

UKY: Lexington 2/26/26: Designing Historical and Academic Boardgames for Class: Basic Steps

UT: Austin 2/2026: Designing Historical Games with the Historical Problem Space Framework

2025

Workshop for Center for Historical Games and Heritage, Warsaw

2021

Useable Historical Problem Space Diagrams in Word

Useable Historical Problem Space Diagrams in pdf

2020

A slight redesign / reorganization of components in a Historical Problem Space diagram Use with McCall 2012A etc.

2019

HPS Diagram 2019. Use with McCall 2012A etc.

2018

Slides for “Playing with the Past: Videogames and History”, CCDSPEAKS 1/26/19
Facebook Video

2016
ISACS Annual Conference Presentation, “Crafting Simulated Worlds of Interactive Text: The Basics of Twine for History, English, and Language Teachers” 11/4/16 isacs-twine

2012

McCall GLSES Keynote 2012: “All the Theory and Optimism in the World Won’t Get Me through the Next 50 Minutes of Class: Game- and Simulation-based Learning in Practice.”

McCall Gaming the Past Workshop – GLSES 2012: “Gaming the Past and Present: A Practical Approach to Using Video Games in History and Social Studies Classes.”

Handout: McCall – sample_problem_space_diagram

Inform Brainstorming Cards – Use these to teach, practice, and physically plot out the basics of rooms, characters, dialogue, and objects