Buffalo (card game)

Buffalo game components

buffalo is a card game of quick wits and zany combinations that requires players to flex their recollection muscles. It was developed by the Tiltfactor Laboratory as part of the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project called "Transforming Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) For Women and Girls: Reworking Stereotypes & Bias."[1][2] The game was runner-up for Best Digital Game in the 2012 Meaningful Play Awards.[3]

Gameplay

In each round, players race to make matches using cards listing noun and adjective descriptors. The first to shout out the name of a real person or fictional character who matches the descriptors on two or more word cards, claims the matched cards, and flips over a new noun/adjective pair. When the deck runs out, the player who collected the most cards wins. Whenever players are Buffaloed by the cards on the table and unable to make a match, someone adds another card from both decks to the table.[4]

Research

Initial data suggests that buffalo reduces prejudice and encourages greater inclusiveness in players’ representations of social identity groups.[5][6] The research study showed that thinking about stereotypical and nonstereotypical trait pairings increases social identity complexity, a psychological construct linked to tolerance of members outside one's group.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Tiltfactor “Pox,” “Buffalo,” and “Awkward Moment”". Different Games Conference. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  2. ↑ Barber, Bonnie. "Professor Mary Flanagan Participates in White House Consortium". Dartmouth Now. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  3. ↑ "2012 Meaningful Play Awards". Meaningful Play 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  4. ↑ Tan, Phillip. "Friday Games: Tiltfactor’s Buffalo". MIT Game Lab. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  5. ↑ Leigh, Alexander. "How can games contain and convey values?". Gamasutra. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "Creating Values from Play - Tiltfactor". Classroom Aid. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  7. ↑ Recchia, Gabriel. "Can games change minds?". Gamasutra. Retrieved 16 August 2013.

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