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21 May, 2009

Get Your B.S. in Boardgaming!

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Games Overboard has always been committed to the education of our followers, and we are continuing that tradition by offering the world’s first degree programs delivered exclusively through the playing of board games!  Please stay posted for updates on the application process.  Here is a listing of the classes that will be offered, and the games that will be focused on in each course.

  • Robot programming – RoboRally
  • Microsurgery – Operation
  • Pattern matching – Jungle Speed
  • Properties of magnets – Polarity
  • Battlefield/war strategy – war type games (Risk, Axis & Allies, etc…)
  • Sushi making – Wasabi
  • Becoming a day trader – Pit
    **more after the jump
  • Bean farming – Bohnanza
  • Farm management – Agricola
  • Zookeeping for dummies – Zooloretto
  • Lessons of the food chain – Frank’s Zoo
  • How to build a successful postal carrier – Thurn and Taxis
  • Casino layout strategies – Vegas Showdown
  • Epidemic and disease prevention – Pandemic
  • Alcohol smuggling and speakeasy management – Bootleggers
  • Ancient Roman entertainment production management – Colosseum
  • Business growth and management in a confined urban area – Acquire
  • Achieving life goals by balancing personal traits and relationships – Funny Friends
  • Art purchasing and reselling with a focus on recent works – Modern Art
  • Facing harsh times as a Chinese emperor – In the Year of the Dragon
  • The “legitimate businessman’s” art of negotiation – Ca$h ‘n Gun$
  • How to use the London transit systems to avoid police capture – Scotland Yard
  • How to use the Manhattan transit systems to avoid police capture – New York Chase
  • Running for office in the German political system – Die Macher
  • Coal, oil, nuclear, and waste energy production and resource management in the U.S., Germany, Italy, France, Benelux, Central Europe, Korea, and China – Power Grid

If you would like to instruct a course, please add a comment with the course and game(s) that will be used, and we will try to offer as many as we can.

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