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an International Relations Simulation designed for both large and small classes with 11 years of in class testing and refining by Dr. Keller of James Madison University. Statecraft puts students in a world where they will engage in trade, war, spying, two level games, and diplomacy throughout the semester.

There are several simple card game based economic simulations within this collection

PAXsims is devoted to the discussion of conflict simulations and serious games that address issues of security, development, and peacebuilding for educational, training, and policy purposes.

The world is full of systems. Often they exist below the threshold of what we perceive. It's all a whirling clockwork of near-infinite complexity, from the tiny mysteries of quantum physics to the wonder of a single tree spanning miles, to the vastness of neurons that sit inside our relatively small skulls. 

I'll probably mention this in my upcoming SIMAGES article.

Jane McGonigal

seven larger ideas for motivating and engaging people on the basis of observing many games' stunning power as engines of human engagement:

A nice write up on the development, implementation, and evaluation of an ARG by one of our MOOCers. Randall Fujimoto

The ARG sessions at NASAGA 2012 got me going on ARGs

a project management simulation

some resources for exercises

The nasaga pre-history includes the east coast wargaming council.