About this episode
Game designer Daniel Larose discusses the creation of a science outreach board game that explores the Drake Equation without math.
Are we alone in the universe? For decades, that question has been tackled with complex formulas. Drake’s Dice flips the experience: you explore the Drake Equation through dice, risk, peer review, and discovery cards, without doing any math. Game designer Daniel Larose shares how he and Alissa Pott built a science outreach board game designed to stand on its own at home, while staying grounded through expert review.
People in this episode
Host: Julian Kea
Guest: Daniel Larose
Topics covered
- science outreach
- board games
- Drake Equation
- risk
- peer review
- discovery cards
Keywords
- Drake's Dice
- board game
- science
- education
- game design
- outreach
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Drake Equation
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