Upending the Status Quo through Tabletop Games

Wed Feb 11 2026 at 05:00 pm to 06:30 pm UTC-08:00

Doheny Memorial Library, Friends of the USC Libraries Lecture Hall | Los Angeles

USC Visions and Voices
Publisher/HostUSC Visions and Voices
Upending the Status Quo through Tabletop Games
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A panel exploring game design, storytelling, and activism as part of Let’s Play: A Three-Part Series on Tabletop Gaming and Social Change.
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Description

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
For more info, click .
Not All Fun and Games
Dates TBA
Doheny Memorial Library, Treasure Room
Check back for more info.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Doheny Memorial Library, Friends of the USC Libraries Lecture Hall, 3550 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, United States

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