TESA Collective (Toolbox for Education and Social Action) is a worker-owned co-op that designs games and tools for social justice organizations. TESA consciously engages in ethical, social change practices that intend to create healthier communities.
Social change games
Creating and publishing games that address issues of social and economic change is a growing trend. TESA develops projects ranging from
board game
A board game is a type of tabletop game that involves small objects () that are placed and moved in particular ways on a specially designed patterned game board, potentially including other components, e.g. dice. The earliest known uses of the ...
s, to documentaries, to interactive
webinars. In
cooperative games, everyone wins or everyone loses.
Games
Co-opoly is a board game that teaches players the ins and outs of negotiating a
Cooperative
A cooperative (also known as co-operative, coöperative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomy, autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned a ...
business.
In Rise Up: The Game of People and Power, players build a social movement and take on an oppressive system.
Space Cats Fight Fascism is the fourth in a series of
social justice
Social justice is justice in relation to the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society where individuals' rights are recognized and protected. In Western and Asian cultures, the concept of social justice has of ...
games from the TESA Collective.
TESA Collective and
Jobs with Justice funded a
labor organizing game on Kickstarter. In STRIKE!: The Game of Worker Rebellion, players grow their ranks, mobilize workers, and organize strikes around their city. The campaign for the game ran during a
union drive at Kickstarter.
See also
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Games for Change
References
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External links
Official website
Worker cooperatives of the United States
Card game publishing companies
Board game publishing companies
Social justice board games
Cooperatives based in Massachusetts
Organizations based in Holyoke, Massachusetts
Political tabletop games