Category: Meetup Recaps

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

Marissa and Noah brought Story Cubes to this month’s AGTC meetup. At today’s session, we took a look at Story Cubes and explored various ways we could potentially use them with our teams.  Whether it’s an ice breaker, a team… Read more

Big thanks to David for introducing us to a few different games and activities that can be used for ice breakers with teams or other group sessions. These games are quick – most under five minutes – and intended to… Read more

Matt facilitated our meetup today with Conquer the Numbers. Due to events surrounding the Coronavirus pandemic, games like the Ball Point Game were no longer feasible for video conference-based training. Enter Conquer the Numbers created by Bogoy & Nikola Bogdanov…. Read more