- Collaborative game
- Secondary Level II
- 12 to 24 students
Conducted between 2025 and 2026, the Tangle Fiction project aimed to create a collaborative role-playing game for high school students.
This game is designed to introduce students to knowledge that lies at the intersection of the humanities and social sciences and the natural sciences, and is grouped under the term “environmental humanities.”
Based on the work of anthropologist Philippe Descola, Tangle Fiction challenges the conventional distinction between nature and culture to encourage a reinterpretation of knowledge and a new approach to the themes explored. The game allows students to explore the relationships between humans and non-humans and to address the challenges of the Anthropocene.
The game’s design was based on a co-creation phase carried out in collaboration with high school students and teachers. It was tested by more than 400 students over a seven-month period.
Game equipment
All game materials are available for download on this page. If you would like to obtain a copy produced as part of the project, please contact us by email.
Formation
A one-day training session has been designed to help teachers get started with the Tangle Fiction game and become familiar with the themes it addresses.
Project Team and Partners
Tangle Fiction was developed as part of an Agora project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) in 2025–2026.
PROJECT TEAM
Principal Applicant: Danielle Chaperon (Unil)
Co-applicant: Delphine Rivier (Secondary II teacher)
Project Manager: Lara Bietenholz (Swiss Museum of Games)
PARTNERS
Selim Krichane (Swiss Museum of Games)
, Colin Pahlish (UNIL Center of Excellence in Sustainability)
GAME DESIGN
Pierre Saliba (Ars Ludendi Association)
Grégory Thonney (Ars Ludendi Association)
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Célian Jelski (Unicom, UNIL’s Communications, Events, and Audiovisual Services Department)
PRINTING
La Repro, UNIL’s reprographics service
, Pixartprinting (Italy)