There's will there's a way. This session just proved it.
Possible World-Discovery Session Report
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1. Overview
Theme: Possible World - First session of 2025
Date: Jan 20, 2025 18:00–20:00 JST
Location: Online
Participating Countries: Australia, Greece, Hong Kong, Japan, US and Austria
Participants: 4 (originally 5, one participant departed early due to personal reasons)
Co-learning Ecosystem: A new Possible World host observed the session as part of their Art of Hosting development.
2. Session Summary
This session highlighted the power of Possible World to translate knowledge into meaningful action, even with a small and diverse group.
Check-in: Participants engaged in brief introductions, sharing a single word to describe their current state.
Serious Gameplay: Despite one participant's early departure, the session demonstrated the dynamic nature of Possible World, with unclaimed resources creating unique gameplay and prompting reflection on resource distribution and accessibility.
Reflection: Participants used pen and paper exercises, including a "blob tree" activity, to process their gameplay experience and connect it to personal insights.
Dialogue: Guided questions, such as "What are the sensations around your heart and gut?", encouraged participants to explore their emotional responses to the game and its implications.
Check-out: The session concluded with participants sharing final thoughts and a preview of the next session.
3. Participant Voices
It was wonderful being an active learner :-)
Time is never under control.
4. Reflections and Learnings
New Discoveries: Even experienced Possible World players can gain fresh perspectives and insights through each session.
Interconnectedness: The game emphasises the interconnected nature of systems and challenges simplistic "good" or "bad" categorizations.
Perspective Shifts: Possible World encourages participants to examine situations from multiple angles, highlighting the impact of individual perspectives.Key Learnings and Insights: Even people who have played this game hundreds times still encounter some new discoveries about the world and themselves. Things are not as simple as good or bad, they are all interconnected. It heavily depends on our perspectives.
