That’s why we have created a free, downloadable board game: Truth or Hoax?: Coronavirus Edition, which brings together truths and misinformation about the virus so that the fact-checker in all of us can learn how to spot them. Want to try it? You can download and print it in color or black and white:
Truth or Hoax?: Coronavirus Edition is an educational game for 5 to 9 players, both adults and young people (aged 14 and over). It uses real examples of information and disinformation that have circulated in recent months about COVID-19, and each game lasts around 30 minutes.
The game mechanics were developed by a group of students at Stanford University, with the aim of offering anyone a fun way to learn how to fight disinformation through different roles: the fact-checker, the disinformer, the honest reader…
At Maldita.es, we believe that education is the most effective weapon against misinformation, which is why we dedicate much of our time to running sessions, workshops and courses to teach our tools to people of all ages. Now that we are confined at home, we have poured our best verification tips into this educational game, so anyone can learn in a fun way from home.
This material has been developed by Maldita.es based on PANDEMONIUM, a game created by Kevin Hsu, Allison Huynh, Natália Mazotte and Sedinam Worlanyo as part of the course “377G: Designing Serious Games” in the Knight Journalism Fellows program at Stanford University (California, USA).