Upending the Status Quo through Tabletop Games

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Explore how tabletop games can reshape culture and challenge the status quo in a dynamic panel featuring leaders in game design, storytelling, and activism. In a conversation moderated by USC Game Innovation Lab director , award-winning inventor , narrative designer and screenwriter , and scholar-artist will discuss games that confront inequality, critique dominant narratives, and inspire social change—showing how play is not just entertainment but can be a transformative experience as well.

This event is part of Let’s Play, a three-part series exploring how tabletop games can inspire social change. Related events include a game day with fifteen stations and an exhibition highlighting games and the power of play to educate, connect, and transform.

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Presented by USC Visions and Voices. Organized by Anne-Marie Maxwell (USC Libraries), Tyson Gaskill (USC Libraries), Sue Luftschein (USC Libraries), and Tracy Fullerton (USC Game Innovation Lab). Co-sponsored by the USC Libraries.

Related Events:
Game Day at Doheny
Sunday, February 1, 2026, from 12 to 7 p.m.
Friends of the USC Libraries Lecture Hall, Doheny Memorial Library 240 and Doheny Memorial Library 233
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Not All Fun and Games
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Doheny Memorial Library, Treasure Room
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