Poetics of Leadership
Between thoughts on where humanity is heading and how could we possibly lead and guide its course, we played a short round of the Currency Lab game. There were no group introductions, but I...
Between thoughts on where humanity is heading and how could we possibly lead and guide its course, we played a short round of the Currency Lab game. There were no group introductions, but I...
The publication from Economia: a festival about the economy without the economists is out and it includes a printed version of the Currency Lab. The game was tweaked to fit a limited number of...
The Economia Festival is publishing a magazine and it will feature a simplified (but not at all less fun) version of the board game. Despite its small size, almost all challenges and strategies fit in....
How can the Currency Lab game help people dealing with concrete tasks in deploying an alternative currency in a local economy? The members of Faircoop’s local node in Ubatuba, Brazil played the game and...
(abaixo versão em português) The rural station for art & technology nuvem.tk gathered this December a group to exchange “proposals, ideas, elucubrations – practical or theoretical, fictional or in progress – aiming to subvert...
This two-day event featured round tables, presentations and discussions about money and community. It was part of the series “Art, Money & Self Organization in Digital Capitalism” The participants included representatives from several community...
It was an inspiring night presenting Charles Eisenstein’s Sacred Economics video, the Spreeblüte local Berlin currency and neighborhood activity group Polly & Bob for the Parallel Crossings festival meeting, along with the CurrencyLab game....
(abaixo versão em português) Vila Flores is an independent cultural center plus creative space in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and they are developing their own currency, the “Tigrão”. It is named after the neighbor’s dog...
We played the CurrencyLab game at the Congress on Solidarity Economy and Transformation in Berlin this week. The discussions were great, we had many critical thinkers and we didn’t reach consensus in any of...
For the meeting of Transition Town Berlin & Brandenburg last May, we tried for the first time playing the CurrencyLab game entirely in German language. An official translation is in the plans, but for...
Thanks to the great folks from BerlinGameScene.com, the video of my presentation of the CurrencyLab board game is online. The Q&A afterwards was fun. Some keywords: #Wörgl and #chickens. Also #kisses and #bitcoin. Luckily...
Besides the PDF for the board game and pieces, we are planning to provide also a 3D file for CurrencyLab players to be able to print their own game pieces. The first prototypes for...
The dclass conference offered their tickets for purchase with either Euros or a special currency of “Karma”. All but 20 of the tickets were bought with Karma, which could take many forms – from...
After the presentation of mcd magazine‘s special “Change Money!” issue, we gathered some people to play test the board game. It was really nice to see everybody engaged, and we got some ideas already...
The first version of our board game is now available for download at Gumroad! It’s a print-yourself file that includes the board, the rules, the challenge and strategy cards, plus a special Fact Book with examples...