ENGL4160EA: Day 15, The Quiet Year
Channel: Critical Prof
Date: 2021-10-07

Emily Friedman recaps in-class play strategies for running Avery Alder’s THE QUIET YEAR for 20 students in 75 minutes, using Roll20 and some foam core board. Also, some discussion about how to deal with students’ desire to “get rules right.”

Note: there is discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic, based on cards included in the deck.

Mentioned in this video:

Avery Alder, THE QUIET YEAR 
https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/the-quiet-year

Roll20 version: https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/module/22/the-quiet-year

And THE DEEP FOREST (with Mark Diaz Truman)
https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/the-quiet-year/the-deep-forest

Shut Up & Sit Down, “The Quiet Year - A Perfect Game for Isolation”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqhE2CmaC_o

MICROSCOPE
https://www.lamemage.com/microscope/

Play MICROSCOPE online (tool for organizing the cards)
https://utgars-chronicles.app/

You can also catch Emily Kugler and my discussion with Carnegie Mellon’s OH!Lab this week here:  
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1169938523