Polimatrix: Conversation Analysis as a Method for Evaluating Performance in Matrix Games
Journal: European Conference on Games Based Learning
Year: 2025

In this paper we analyse the spoken interactions that take place during matrix games. Matrix games are serious role-playing games, used as training exercises in the military and areas such as strategy studies. Each matrix game simulates a real-world crisis, providing players with specific roles to play and the opportunity to interact in a ‘fail-safe’ environment. While there have been many studies on oral interactions in professional contexts (Kolb 2004, Glenn 2019), there has been less analysis