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“Gaming the Divine Comedy: A History”, Talk by Andrea Angiolino (2021)

April 11, 2022 By Harrison Betz, FSU '25

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On June 9, 2021, the University of Edinburgh’s History and Games Lab YouTube channel posted a video entitled “Gaming the Divine Comedy: A History”. The talk, given by game designer Andrea Angiolino, “explores how the Divine Comedy has been gamified and will compare it to other literary works.”

Watch the full, recorded lecture here.

Categories: Digital Media
Tagged with: 2021, Board Games, Edinburgh, Games, Gaming, Immersive Games, Lectures, Playing Cards, Scotland, Table Top Games, Videos

“Stai fermo un girone: Un gioco per scoprire Dante e il suo mondo”

January 9, 2022 By Professor Elizabeth Coggeshall

“‘Stai fermo un girone’ è un gioco concepito sul modello del tradizionale ‘gioco dell’oca,’ dedicato all’Inferno di Dante Alighieri e alle discipline della ricerca umanistica coinvolte nello studio del Medioevo.

“Per avanzare e vincere non occorrono soltanto conoscenze sui canti, i personaggi e i temi infernali, ma ci si dovrà anche confrontare con diversi metodi di indagine applicati ai testi negli studi universitari: questa, anzi, sarà la porta d’accesso per guardare all’opera dantesca sullo sfondo dell’intero Medioevo, con la sua storia, le sue idee, la sua cultura, i problemi che si è posto e le risposte che ha provato a dare. Il gioco potrà servire a stimolare e consolidare l’apprendimento in studenti delle superiori che incontrino per la prima volta i versi danteschi, o essere occasione per tutti gli appassionati per rivivere e ricordare – in maniera più disimpegnata – letture del passato. Grazie ai suoi tre livelli di difficoltà, infatti, si adatta a tutti i giocatori, dai principianti agli esperti.

“Il formato stampabile e ritagliabile permette a ciascuno di costruirsi il suo set di carte, segnalini e tavola da gioco e di immergersi nell’Inferno e nel mondo di Dante.”   —Milano University Press website

The game—created by Guglielmo Barucci, Paolo Borsa, Rossana Guglielmetti, Luca Sacchi, and Roberto Tagliani—is available for download here (online since December 2021; last accessed January 9, 2022).

Contributed by Osvaldo Varieschi (MA, Florida State University ’23)

 

Categories: Dining & Leisure
Tagged with: 2021, 700th anniversary, Academia, Board Games, Educational Games, Games, Italy, Milan, Pedagogy, Playing Cards, Universities

Passione Playing Cards: Avernum, Dite, Cocito

August 29, 2018 By Professor Elizabeth Coggeshall

Stefano Protino led the team at Passione Playing Cards in their three-part Inferno-based playing card series. The series began with Avernum in 2015, and was followed up by two more decks, called “Inferno Dite” and “Inferno Cocito,” which were funded by a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2017. Both images below are from the Avernum deck.

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Categories: Consumer Goods, Image Mosaic, Visual Art & Architecture
Tagged with: 2015, 2017, Games, Illustrations, Inferno, Kickstarter, Playing Cards

Dante’s Inferno Bicycle Playing Card Deck

March 4, 2015 By Professor Elizabeth Coggeshall

Bicycle Dante's Inferno“The Inferno is a customized 56 card black and metallic ink playing card deck printed by USPCC and inspired by Dante Alighieri’s literary classic The Divine Comedy.

“Three months in the making, each of the Jacks, Queens, and Kings represents a major figure from The Inferno.

“Each completely original character was designed as a modern interpretation that is true to the text and framed after the most famous ‘Inferno’ Illustrations created by renowned artist Gustave Dore in the 19th Century.  Staying true to that vision, we have created images utilizing he original Dore plates for our backgrounds.”    —Bicycle Inferno Kickstarter

View images of some of the cards here.

Contributed by Iris McComb (Bowdoin College ’14)

Categories: Consumer Goods, Image Mosaic, Odds & Ends, Visual Art & Architecture
Tagged with: 2013, Games, Gustave Doré, Illustrations, Inferno, Kickstarter, Playing Cards

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Coggeshall, Elizabeth, and Arielle Saiber, eds. Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante's Works in Contemporary Culture. Website. Access date.

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