Game Showcase
Intercultural Intelligence Games
Intercultural Intelligence Games presented on this website are training and teaching tools designed by Maria Todosiychuk for intercultural and DEI trainers.
They are intended to enhance intercultural teaching and training work with game-based methods and to make it more practical and vivid. All of the games can fit into almost any program on intercultural competence, with the latest big games capable of becoming a memorable edutainment-based event each.
Maria’s games are bought by educators, training companies and universities from the United States, Europe and Japan. They have also been highly praised by the international professional community at SIETAR Japan 2020 Conference, SIETAR USA 2020 Conference, NASAGA Annual Gamification Conference 2020 (Canada), IACCM 2019 Conference in Paris, SIETAR Europa 2019 Congress in Belgium.
Kindly note, these are not the kind of games played at home for entertainment. They require to be facilitated by a professional trainer/teacher in intercultural communications, D&I and the like. If you are not this kind of professional, you may consider hiring Maria Todosiychuk to run her games for your company/client in the most authentic way!
The GLOBAL TEAM
This game invites players to find themselves in a culturally diverse team working at a task, while having realistic intercultural issues and breaking through them. The smart game mechanic helps players experience raising intercultural sensitivity, empathy and agility in action. The Superhero setting makes the playing process a lot of fun!
Great tool for anyone who trains and teaches intercultural competences, cultural diversity programmes and other D&I projects.
Box edition price: 250 euro
Virtual edition price: 180 euro
Diversity Space Meeting
This game fostering diversity and inclusion, invites a multicultural team to experience a space journey towards each other in order to learn more about each other’s cultural background as well as individuality.
Perfect for multicultural teams, classes, or other groups of culturally diverse players. It can be used by intercultural educators, HRs at international companies, Leaders of culturally diverse teams, in order to raise awareness of inclusivity and bring team members closer together.
Box edition price: 250 euro
Virtual edition price: 180 euro
Intercultural Minefield
Intercultural Minefield is a board game where players start-up international businesses. As they “walk across the intercultural minefield”, they can be either intelligent and lucky enough to survive or they risk to be blown up by a “cultural mine”, unless there is an “intercultural consultant” around! They can earn huge amount of money or they will lose everything and have to start from scratch. The game can fabulously serve both as a teaching tool and as a selling point for a client you would like to persuade to buy your training. You’ll pay it back really fast!
Available in English, French and German.
Box edition price: 250 euro
Virtual edition price: 180 euro
Culture Shock
A simulation for intercultural business negotiations that allows players to experience the way one feels when they communicate with foreigners without being aware of their culture and mentality.
Available in English and French.
The virtual version of the game goes as a free compliment to the box version (not available separately).
Saying NO Across Cultures
Just Don’t Say NO is a fun and very powerful exerciser for intercultural communication style adaptability. Players will find themselves in a variety of business and everyday situations in which they will have to find their way in a variety of communication styles.
The virtual version of the game goes as a free compliment to the box version (not available separately).
Cross-Cultural Poker Face
If there are different communication styles across cultures, then obviously there are different listening styles and reaction manners. In a number of cultures, it is not only the meaning of utterances that matter, but also non-verbal information and context may be meaningful. The role play teaches to read and distinguish different types of non-verbal reaction to one’s speaking.
Available in English and French.
The virtual version of the game goes as a free compliment to the box version (not available separately).
Save Face
The Asian negotiation style and the manner of doing business differ a lot from the Western ones. The Western mind often finds it uneasy to adapt to the business practices of China. The Save Face game raises the most hot-button issues, assists in improving players’ understanding of the Asian mentality and develops specific practical skills for communication with the Chinese.
The virtual version of the game goes as a free compliment to the box version (not available separately).
Cross-Cultural Contextual Cubes
A kit of 4 cubes with roles and actions that invite players to train their ability to express ideas in a number of styles that can be adequate and appropriate in different cultures. The combinations that randomly create more than 100 intercultural cases make the game vivid, true to life and touching the essential cross-cultural hot-buttons.
The virtual edition coming soon.