Pox: Save the People
{{Short description|2011 board game}}
Pox: Save the People (also POX: SAVE THE PEOPLE) is a board game that challenges 1-4 players to stop the spread of a deadly disease that threatens to take over the community.[http://cacm.acm.org/opinion/interviews/112340-games-and-learning-seven-questions-for-mary-flanagan/fulltext ACM Interview with Mary Flanagan] It was developed at the Tiltfactor Laboratory in collaboration with the Mascoma Health Initiative to help stop the spread of misinformation regarding the effects of vaccination.[https://web.archive.org/web/20131030112248/http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2011-04-26/national/35230178_1_homeless-children-homeless-kids-immunization Saslow, Rachel. "Board game touts immunization."] An iPad app of the same name was released in 2011 and won "Best Digital Game" at Meaningful Play, 2012.[http://meaningfulplay.msu.edu/index.php Meaningful Play 2012 Awards]
Research
The game, an entertaining way to explore how disease spreads, is noteworthy due to its use in teaching notions of herd immunity. Research at Tiltfactor has found that players can apply concepts and systems-level understandings learned through playing POX to problems outside the game.{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
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External links
- [http://www.tiltfactor.org/pox "POX: SAVE THE PEOPLE"]. [http://www.tiltfactor.org/ Tiltfactor].
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120102015627/http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pox-save-the-people/id475604824?mt=8 POX: Save the People for iPad]