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Ewaso Lions seeking board game designer for wildlife conservation game

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Ewaso Lions
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Ewaso Lions is an independent non-profit wildlife conservation organisation based in northern Kenya (www.ewasolions.org). Our mission is to conserve lions and other large carnivores by promoting coexistence between people and wildlife. We are currently looking for an experienced game designer who can help us turn an idea/concept we have into a board game to help teach Kenyan children about local conservation issues. Our idea has worked very well in a different format (not just with literate kids but also Samburu livestock herders, mamas, elders and warriors). However, we feel we can reach a wider audience by translating it into the format of a fun board game.

Ideally, we are looking for a designer based in the UK (we have staff based part-time in England) to enable face-to-face meetings as we are completely new to the world of gaming. However, we would still be open to considering designers with relevant experience from other countries. We can provide all knowledge on wildlife/conservation required, but would be especially interested to hear from any one with experience designing wildlife / environmental games (although this is not essential).

If you are interested, then please do send me a message and we will be in contact with further information.

As we are new to this, we would also welcome any feedback/advice from other members of the forum in regards to turning an idea into reality ☺.

Many thanks in advance.

Heather,
Conservation Manager, Ewaso Lions

polyobsessive
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Awesome!

Wow, this sounds like a chance to work on a game that could actually help make the world a better place. That's not the sort of opportunity that comes along every day!

I probably don't have the experience you are looking for, but would love to help in some way, so have sent you a personal message.

Best of luck!
Rob

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Interesting!!!

I have an idea for a game (currently at concept stage) that deals with ecological interactions between species (see my profile on bgdf). I have a clear idea of how the game will look like, but haven't actually developed it to see whether the idea works.

I'm not really sure if my idea fits what you are looking for (maybe not), but I'll PM you nonetheless with some details to enlist in the effort.

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Very cool indeed!

G'day Heather,

I love the idea! I have just sent you a PM.

I led the design on a cooperative conservation card game 'Survival - Frogs of South Eastern Australia'. My wife and I are extremely passionate about wildlife conservation and would love to be involved.

Cheers,
Ben.

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