119. Using Games to Design our Futures with Randy Lubin, part 1

“I think games are excellent at building intuition for complex systems, and if you"re trying to think through the future, trying to get a grasp of the system dynamics and second order effects and points of leverage are all super helpful.” --Randy Lubin In this episode of How To Write the Future podcast, host Beth Barany interviews game designer and entrepreneur, Randy Lubin. They discuss how games can be used as powerful tools for shaping the future and how world building games help you write stories. ABOUT RANDY LUBIN Randy Lubin is a game designer and entrepreneur. He makes foresight games that help organizations explore the future via his studio Leveraged Play. He also makes lighter consumer storytelling games through Diegetic Games. Website: https://randylubin.com/ X: https://twitter.com/randylubin LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/randylubin/ Foresight games studio: https://leveragedplay.com/ Consumer storytelling games: https://diegeticgames.com/ Blog post on integrating foresight games into creative writing: https://blog.randylubin.com/foresight-workshop-games-creative-writing RESOURCES Randy Lubin’s game: Premise: Setting, Character, Plot: https://randylubin.itch.io/premise-setting-character-plot Dialect by Thorny Games: https://thornygames.com/pages/dialect You"re Gonna Need a Bigger Story: https://www.superstory.works/ourbooks School of International Futures (SOIF): https://soif.org.uk/retreat/soif-summer-foresight-retreat/ Association of Professional Futurists latest COMPASS magazine: https://www.apf.org/apf-resources/compass Get your free World Building Workbook for Fiction Writers: https://writersfunzone.com/blog/world-building-resources/ Henrietta The Dragon Slayer, A short film (We’re in post-production and fundraising!) https://author.bethbarany.com/henrietta-short-film/ SHOW PRODUCTION BY Beth BaranyCO-PRODUCTION AN SHOW NOTES by Kerry-Ann McDade c. 2024 BETH BARANY https://bethbarany.com/ Questions? Comments? Send us a text! -- CONNECT Contact Beth: https://writersfunzone.com/blog/podcast/#tve-jump-185b4422580 Email: beth@bethbarany.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethbarany/ CREDITS EDITED WITH DESCRIPT: https://get.descript.com/0clwwvlf6e3j MUSIC: Uppbeat.io DISTRIBUTED BY BUZZSPROUT: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1994465