Category: Meetup Recaps

At the AGTC Meetup on Thursday, 9/14, Tim Nolan and Marissa Fogal facilitated an online version of Battleships. Battleships is a short and simple game with valuable takeaways. Through game play, players discovered the value of immediate feedback and the potential… Read more

At the AGTC meetup on Thursday, 5/11, Marissa Fogal facilitated an online version of Codenames. Participants were split into two teams (red or blue) with one person on each team being the ‘spy master’ and other team members participating as… Read more

David Klaus was our facilitator for Gartic Phone Gartic Phone is a game that takes the game of “telephone”, where you pass on information second hand and see how it changes over time, and adds drawing into the mix! The game is… Read more

NIELS GOTT was our facilitator for USER MANUAL TO ME. This activity isn’t so much a ‘game’ as we usually like to do but it is a tool that can be very useful for a team to better understand each… Read more

On Thursday, 2/9, MARISSA FOGAL facilitated a PAPER FOLDING ACTIVITY with the group.  This activity is an adaptation of Collaborative Origami.  Marissa instructed participants to grab sheets of paper of any size and any types (ie, notebook paper, junk paper,… Read more

This month, TERRI ERICKSON and RICK BERNETT facilitated THE RED BEAD EXPERIMENT – a simulation created by Edwards Deming.  Terri and Rick created a virtual version of the experiment using Excel, which they were able to share with us. The… Read more

CHRIS DILLER brought a card game (gone virtual!) that he first saw at the Global Scrum Gathering in Austin, TX in 2019 – SCRUMCHKIN, created by Mario Melo. Scrumchkin is “a card game created to improve Scrum training and coaching… Read more

NIELS GOTT was back with us for COZY JUICE REAL that its creators call “a team building experience that kindles fun, authentic and truly connecting interactions”. You can visit their official website here: cozyjuicyreal.com Niels opened the session with a tutorial for… Read more

This month, MARISSA FOGAL facilitated AGILE PESTS – a game inspired by another AGTC meetup a few months back. Thanks to Marissa for sharing this creation with us! Agile teams frequently experience anti-patterns that creep in; whether they are in… Read more

A big THANKS to BILL FARMER for facilitating THE BEER GAME and to the IGNITE AGILITY meetup for co-sponsoring the event and providing the venue. It was AWESOME to gather together to game in-person after all these months apart. THE… Read more