We are Chi and Zac, based in Brisbane, Australia. We are passionate about playing board games and helping people reach their potential through play. Chi is a Clinical Psychologist, and Zac is a university lecturer with a PhD in gamification and game design for serious purposes.
In our professions we have encountered many important topics, concepts and skills that can be difficult to teach especially to kids or young people. We believe that good board games are inherently engaging and fun, making them the perfect tool to teach and practise many important abstract and soft skills including communication, teamwork, negotiation, logical reasoning, abstract thinking, understanding probability, money management, and many more.
In Game & Learn, Chi and Zac are going to write about how games could help parents spend quality and engaging time with their children, whilst teaching them valuable life skills and lessons.
We are making it our mission to help children learn human best “Superpowers”: Empathy, Perspective Taking, Communication, Teamwork, Logical Reasoning, and many more. As a beneficial side effect, parents will become “Superheroes” in their children’s eyes for creating fond memories, safe space, laughter, and learning opportunities.
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Until then, play more games with your kids!
Chi and Zac