Trust Me, it's a Forward!

© KathaSiyah

Trust Me, it’s a Forward! is a table-top game about trust in the age of misinformation and disinformation. The game is set in a fantastical world that is alive and bustling, deep under a turbulent ocean hidden under layers of icy crust. Within this world, factions of society are faced with crises, choices, and impossible decisions.
There can only be one loser!

Trust Me, it’s a Forward! turns the disembodied nature of digital messages into an interactive game. This game simulates behaviour that results from our interactions with information manufactured by large data systems that wield the power and resources to bend facts and public opinion. Given our reconfigured ideas of trust and safety, how do we identify fact from fiction to make decisions that allow us to survive the game?

This experience is an inquiry into the changing nature of trust in a time when the information we receive through social media has the power to influence many of our opinions. 

Date and time: November 20, 2023, 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Venue: Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan (Library)
Duration: Approx. 2.5 hours (including a post game discussion)
Language: English
Format: played in a group 

Participation is free but registration is mandatory. Choose your game slot here.

Trust Me, it’s a Forward! is commissioned by the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore under the aegis of the Goethe-Institut’s Kultursymposium Weimar 2023 and is presented by KathaSiyah in collaboration with Studio Oleomingus.