Promesa (Board Game) Launch Event

32 Vassar Street,Cambridge MA 02139

27 April, 2022

Description

Learn about the making of "Promesa" a counter-colonialist board game set in Puerto Rico MIT Game Lab researcher Mikael Jakobsson, CAST Visiting Artist Rosa Colón Guerra, and their collaborators in the design collective Popcicleta will present Promesa, a strategic dexterity board game for the whole family; about the Puerto Rico debt crisis and its only realistic solution. This event will feature a brief presentation by the team of researchers and designers before the participants are invited to play the game. Refreshments will be served, and everyone attending will be participating in a lottery for limited print concept art from the game. Tim Tickets are required for attendees not on MIT's Covid Pass. Presented by MIT Game Lab, Comparative Media Studies|Writing, and Center for Art, Science & Technology.