🗺️ Player Needs and Project Brief

Students review sample artifacts such as character sheets, maps, scenario cards, rulebook pages, dice, and tokens, then discuss what new players need in order to enter a game quickly and understand its purpose. In small groups, they sort evidence from Day 1 into a simple empathy chart and assumptions check, then draft a team project brief naming a target player need, one historical focus area, and an initial How Might We statement for their game. The class closes with a gallery walk so groups can gather warm and cool feedback before revising the brief for submission.