Participate in a public board gaming event such as Friday Night Cardboard at Bracken Library (Sept 15, Oct 20, or Nov 17, 6PM–8PM), Game Day at the Library at the Kennedy Branch of Muncie Public Library (first Saturdays of the month, 1PM–5PM), or any sponsored event at Wizard's Keep. Share your experience on the discussion board.Attend the 2017 Symposium on Games in Academia, to be held the afternoon of November 3 at Ball State University. Share your experience in the discussion board.Participate in a game jam such as Ludum Dare. Give a brief demo of your game and summary of your experience in class; email the instructor to schedule an appropriate time for this.Present your work at the 2017 Symposium on Games in Academia, to be held the afternoon of November 3 at Ball State University.Read a great book on games and share your findings with the class in a presentation. Recommended examples include Koster's Theory of Fun for Game Design and Laws' Hamlet's Hit Points, both of which are on reserve in the library. Write a summary and response to the reading on the discussion board. This achievement counts as two for the purposes of grade accounting.Participate in a narrative-rich, GM-less tabletop RPG such as Fiasco (available on course reserve), The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen (available at Bracken), or Fall of Magic (contact instructor to borrow). Share your experience on the discussion board.