Category: Meetup Recaps

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

We took a break from playing games this month and, instead, had Niels join us to talk about Positive Psychology and Resilience – both of which factor heavily into games and game design. Niels’s content comes from a course he… Read more

This month Chris shared The Thingamajig Challenge – an adaptation of the Marshmallow Challenge that was shared at a recent Agile Alliance Game On session, hosted by April Jefferson. In The Thingamajig Challenge, teams compete to build the tallest tower… Read more

We had the pleasure of Michael “Miggs” Migliacio hosting our gathering this month.  Miggs had an opportunity to present (virtually) at Scrum Fest Osaka last year and he shared parts of the presentation as well as a glance at a… Read more

Dana was our host this month and brought a game of her own creation – Fear in the Workplace. In this interactive game, the participants draw a “ClassifyMe” card that has a quote that hints at an underlying fear the… Read more

This month, David took the group through a Retro on the past year of Agile and games. Using a Conceptboard, the group shared the items they believe to be working and areas to look to improve in 2022. Some experiments… Read more

Paul led the group through playing TWiG – The WIP Game. TWiG has the player focus on their WIP, or Work In Progress. By manipulating different WIP limits on each of the kanban board columns and determining where to allocate… Read more

Chris facilitated the group through the Multitasking Game – a virtual adaptation by Alan Cyment of an in person game about multitasking. In the game, the entire group works together as a team to deliver their product – haikus. Each… Read more

David shared a recording of his experience running Overcooked 2. He also discussed the parallels between Overcooked and working together on an Agile team. Here’s some additional information on how you can use Overcooked with your teams: Overcooked 2 for… Read more