Braver Games & Interactives

I liked both games we played and the chance to practice helpful skills of summarizing views from various political perspectives and also the ILAP framework, was refreshing and fun. The script about the water for the goats for the ranter was great also! Very detailed, real-world and interesting as the story deepened with each player. Facilitators did a good job of being welcoming, patient, explaining things clearly and soliciting feedback. Liked hearing others feedback at the end also. Great experience!  Jan 26 Zoom Player

The games gave me good needed practice I am looking for. I have attended a 2 workshops and 2 debates. and i always feel i need a lot of practice to get used to how this works. I understand the steps but can't do it so well in real time. Also, it was good to have a less stressful way to learn this then when dealing with the heated topics of a debate or workshop. I don't usually like games, but these games and this venue worked well for me. i look forward to more of them. thank you!  Jan 26 Zoom Player

It was great! I mentioned that you could try a format of just assigning topics on the fly, someone for, someone against, both people speak, and then everyone else guesses if their arguments matched their beliefs or not. Or another direction to go with it would be to assign people a topic before the game starts, so they know which topic and can think about what to say. The first would appeal to those who want to try to think on their feet, the second would appeal to those who need more time. Another thing to try would be having people write out their argument, because then you totally take tone out of the equation and it can only be about the words.  (April 27 Zoom Player)

Very fun.  Liked the suggestions: use the timer from the beginning, give participants a heads up of the topics and suggest they think of pro AND con arguments in advance, let us know how the recording will be used and if there are observers in the "room".  Liked the small group.  It allowed full discussion and 2 rounds each (almost - in fact, we could have done one more round so everyone got 2 chances). Thanks to the organizers for their efforts. (Apr 27 Zoom Player)

It gets you practice to think about what you think someone is thinking, and then articulate it without prior preparation.  (Jan 26 Zoom Player)

The game itself is good, because it is great to be able to reflect what you’ve heard from someone. (Jan 26 Zoom Player)

I really liked it. I like the fact that you state both sides positions as if you had no opinion one way or the other. It seems to give you a more objective way of looking at the different positions. You realize that sometimes maybe it's more about each person's values and what they consider important rather than being an absolute right or wrong. (Jan 26 Zoom Player)

It gives you practice in giving yourself permission to interrupt someone because that is thought impolite .  (Jan 26 Zoom Player)

Great for learning skills like interrupting without being rude, clarifying that you understand them correctly and asking can you give them your take. (Jan 26 Zoom Player)

This was good practice to help us know how to interject, summarize, connect, and ask for permission to share a response. (Jan 26 Zoom Player)