openalex: METRO MTL: The Boardgame!

Montrealer’s and transit geeks will love this.  Yes, it’s a boardgame inspired by Montreal’s iconic metro. I discovered the other day at Chez Boris, a hip little Russian Coffeeshop that’s part of Montreal’s nascent ‘nouveau doughnut’ scene.      The goal is simple, whoever gets to their destination and back

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openalex: METRO MTL: The Boardgame!

Montrealer’s and transit geeks will love this.  Yes, it’s a boardgame inspired by Montreal’s iconic metro. I discovered the other day at Chez Boris, a hip little Russian Coffeeshop that’s part of Montreal’s nascent ‘nouveau doughnut’ scene.      The goal is simple, whoever gets to their destination and back

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Things Are Good: Kids Should Fail

A prevailing attitude in North American schools is that students shouldn’t be able to fail, but really what better place than a school to learn from mistakes? Thankfully people are noticing that letting kids not excel at something is actually a good thing. Interestingly, it’s in the world of games

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