Powderkeg: PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

A Historical Trading Card Game (TCG)

Name: Powder Keg: A Revolutionary War Game

Audience: Middle School Students

See the Game in its prototyped published form on the Game Crafter

Revolution Card Game Collaboration

• A game whose mechanics are loosely based on the Pokemon battle game.
• Museum School Students researched and wrote creative character descriptions for each of the cards which was integrated into the Curriculum.
• 3 History Professors from GVSU and Calvin fact checked the history content and were involved in the content creation.
• KCAD students Illustrated the Cards.
• KCAD students created mock-ups and test/develop the game play.
• OST helped develop the gameplay.

Collaboration Between Museum School and KCAD Students

180 Musees & 70 D.A.D. students

Revolution Card Game: Museum School Students researched and wrote creative character descriptions for a History Card Game about the American Revolution in collaboration with History Professors from GVSU and Calvin and D.A.D. students from KCAD who created the prototype for the game.

Museum School engaged about 60 students for 12-15 weeks (8th grade) each semester. KCAD would need created a design brief, presented the project, ideated with MS students, assessed MS students research and designs and vice-versa.

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