NASAGA 2016

Play and conversation will be the format of this morning’s Keynote with Bernie De Koven. Bernard De Koven completed work on a collection of over 1000 children’s games, organized according to different forms and complexities of social interaction. Called the Interplay Games Curriculum, and published by the School District of Philadelphia, it led to his founding of The Games Preserve, a retreat center for the exploration of games and play for adults in Eastern Pennsylvania. The Games Preserve served many organizations and individuals, and functioned as the East Coast branch of The New Games Foundation. In 1978, De Koven published The Well-Played Game, which was re-released by MIT Press in 2013. His most recent book, A Playful Path, was published the following year. During his long career, he has designed games of all kinds: board and table games, computer games, social games for small and large groups, city-wide game celebrations, theater games, games for couples, families, children and elders. He is a recipient of the NASAGA Ifil-Reynolds award.