Ben Kirman

.plan

This page is an intermittently updated summary of what I'm currently up to, and where my efforts are currently directed. It is based on Now pages, and the .plan files from back in the day. It is not meant to be a complete summary, just a little note.

Last updated 7/3/24

Research

  • Continuing working on supporting PlayOn! partners with their new immersive theatre productions. The next cycle of productions is under development with some really cool projects on the way.
  • I am supporting the brilliant Julian Jungel in running a Digital Campus event this month in Portugal, with students from across europe, as part of Play-On.
  • Also working directly on projects with theatres in Portugal and Norway, to be announced soon. It's a busy year!

Teaching

  • I am Training Coordinator in York for the IGGI doctoral training centre, and am teaching the Game Design modules in 23/24.
  • In undergraduate, I am leading the Individual Project module for year 3 Interactive Media students for Semester 1, 2023/24.

Other

  • Wanting to play more Sentinels of the Multiverse (DE), John Company, Missile Threat, Rangers of Shadow Deep, Stargrave and Clank: Catacombs.
  • 10x10 for 2023 was Rallyman: DIRT, Happy Salmon, Just One, So Clover, Aeon's End, Phantom/Corsair/Stuka Leader (each 10 times!), Warfighter WWII and Bunch of Butts!
  • 10x10 years (Games from 2013) were Skull King(*), Tajemnicze Domostwo (Mysterium), Blueprints, Russian Railroads(*), Rampage (Terror in Meeple City), Caverna, Eldritch Horror(*), Sushi Go(*), Maquis(*), String Safari, and Pick-a-Polar Bear. Asterisks are ones that aged well. 2013 was a good year!
  • I also learned 113 new board/card games, and played 194, a total of 370 times. That seems like a lot, but I have a friend who completed over 900 plays in 2023!