Memory lane
A trip back in time to some of the projects and adventures that has meant a lot to us.

Ansvar på Tværs - 2005
We have designed and produced a learning game about social responsibility in companies. The first print of 1200 copies was finished in November 2005 and already the game is very popular. The game focuses on topics like stress, integration and harassment and was designed especially for use by small and mid-size companies. The game is set on Olsen IS A/S, a fictional icecream factory. The Danish Government funded the project and the game was developed in cooperation with the six regional corporate networks for social responsibility.       

"Ansvar på Tværs is a efficient and innovative tool. We have used the game with great success and it has facilitated some very good discussions about social issues in the working space."   - Anne Søgaard Melchiorsen, PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Valgalder - 2005
One of our old playmates The Danish Youth Forum (DUF) asked us to help develop a leaning game about young people and democracy. The game was finished in the spring of 2005 and first used in two large events in November 2005. The game can be played by 200+ participants at the same time and uses a combination of fictional television news programs and interactive dilemmas. See more on www.valgret.dk.

Alm. Brand - 2005
In he fall of 2005 we helped the financial corporation Alm. Brand with the implementation of their new long-range strategy. Our main assignment was the planning and facilitation of a large management conference for the 150 top managers in the corporation.

Dear Wendy UK launch - 2005
We have worked on the movie "Dear Wendy" on several occasions. The film is written by Lars von Trier and directed by Thomas Vinterberg. In the summer of 2005 we assisted with the launch of the movie in Great Britain. Among other things we set up a number of fake websites and designed a very unconventional online-strategy.

VisitDenmark - 2005
In the spring of 2005 we helped the national Danish tourist agency with the promotion of Denmark as a resort for conferences and incentives. Almost 200 participants from all over the Globe meet in Copenhagen for a three-day event that had storytelling as the main theme. The event was concluded with an extraordinary evening in The National Museum of Art. Read more on www.loveisintheair.dk.

Humor mod Aids - 2005
Aids is perhaps the gravest tragedy on the planet right now. We assist a collaboration of Danish humanitarian organisations in a yearly campaign called "Humor mod Aids" that takes place every year on the 1 st of April. Among the things we help with are web design, online-events and concept-development. Hope you will give us a hand next time.        

Amager Strandpark - 2005
Amager Strandpark is a huge new artificial beach under construction near Copenhagen. A 2,5 km long island has been build along the coastline, forming a shallow water lagoon. The official opening was in august 2005. We have worked on he project in a number of capacities - from concept-development and process management to brand- and PR-strategy. The beach is a marvel of modern city planning and definitely worth a visit.

Mediedirigentspillet - 2004
Together with the Centre for Journalism and Further Education (CFJE) we have designed and produced a learning game about how to create synergy between overlapping channels and platforms in modern Media corporations. The game has been very successful and it is used by a number of corporations, both in Denmark and abroad. A version in English is available. Read more on www.cfje.dk.  

Operation Nibelungen - 2004
For the Union of Commercial and Clerical Employees we designed an once-in-a-lifetime event. We used a huge underground fortification from the fifties to create a large role-playing scenario, which took place in october 1944. We transformed the location into a secret nazi research-base and took the forty participants through an epic drama with evil SS-veterans, occult experiments, mad scientists and lots of zombies. The overall focus of the seminar was stress, teamwork and personal development. It was a very surreal experience that has haunted our dreams since. Watch pictures from the event on www.hbat.dk.

Fagfestival - 2004
In the summer 2005 we hosted a huge two-day convention in Filmbyen for The Danish Union of Journalists. The 1200 participating journalists enjoyed a large number of workshops and seminars. Among the speakers were five Danish ministers and Hans Blix, the former UN-weapons-inspector. We were hosts for the event on behalf of Zentropa. In addition we arranged a number of seminars, among them a workshop on media training and a game about media-coordination. It was a huge logistic undertaking and we had both fun and a loot of hard work with the project. Our partnership with The Danish Union of Journalists continues and lately we take part in the planning of Fagfestival 06. Read more on www.fagfestival.dk.  

McKinsey & Co - 2004
The world-renown consultant firm asked us to design and facilitate a large seminar for their Danish office. The seminar took place in Filmbyen outside Copenhagen and encompassed elements of both storytelling and moviemaking in an event that was festive, fun and educational. It was great fun and the client was very happy with the result.  

"Thank you very much for a excellent event last Friday! Everybody in the office has been talking about how exiting it was." - Rikke Andersen, McKinsey & Co.

Værdier på Spil - 2004
Post Danmark, the national Danish postal services is one of our oldest and dearest playmates. We have assisted them on a variety of projects through the years. This time they asked us to help them rollout their new corporate values to all of the 25.000 employees. To solve this task we devised a learning game called "Værdier på Spil" (Values in Play). The game was designed using methods from both storytelling and role-playing games. It was a very versatile tool that could be used by local managers to target specific topics that needed attention. The game is still in use today within the organisation and it's very popular. As a result of the success we were later asked by The Royal Arctic Line corporation to make a version of the game for them. This game was delivered in the spring of 2005 and is used today in both Denmark and in Greenland.

MovieMakers - 2003
In December 2003 the card game MovieMakers hit the stores in Denmark. The game goes behind the scenes in the movie business and lets you play an ambitious producer scouting for talent and financing. There are 200 illustrated card sin the game, which has been printed in 10.000 sets. All the profits from the game goes to the Danish Red Cross.
- Visit www.moviemakers.dk where you can download the game and se the trailer (which among others feature the american actor Bill Pulmann).

Celebration X - 2002
In December of 2002 we helped the Danish Youth Council and the Ministry of Education facilitate a large political role-playing game for the Youropa conference held in DGI-byen in Copenhagen in connection with the EU presidency. The game focussed on European visions for the future and opened the youth conference that had nearly 300 participants from all over Europe.
- Read more about the project on www.youropa.dk.

A Letter from Agent X and Daughters of Medusa - 2002
We have developed two educational games that are used in the Post & Tele Museum’s educational program, where school classes from all over Sjælland visit the museum. The first game is called A Letter from Agent X. It was launched in connection with a special exhibition about secret communication and focuses professionally on espionage and deciphering. The other game is Daughters of Medusa and deals with press ethics and terrorism, as well as Internet security.
- Read about the games on the museum's website.

The Starship - 2002
In the spring of 2002 we did a large science fiction role-play for HK Handel. The event had its emphasis on negotiation skills and cooperation and combined intensive professional courses with practical experiences in a simulated framework. The game took place below ground in an old bunkers complex on Amager and ran 40 hours non-stop.
- Read an article about the event.

Danevang - 2002
In the winter 2002 we designed an extensive political role-play about democracy for the Danish Folk High Schools. The game’s starting point was a fictitious history of Demark, and it was part of a common initiative of the high schools, called Fat Demokratiet (Grasp the Democracy). Danevang was build as a complete play-material that can be managed independently by teachers on high schools and such like. The material was used by more than 1.000 young people on more than 20 high schools and continuation schools.
- Visit the website for Fat Demokratiet where you’ll find video clips from the end of the game at Christiansborg.

SimCorp - 2001
In the summer of 2001 we were responsible for a huge kick off arrangement for software company SimCorp. More than 500 employees from all over the world were summoned to Malmö, where we filmed 27 different short movies at the same time. A crew of more than 100 people were involved in the process that included western horses, stuntmen and a helicopter.
- Visit SimCorp’s homepage.

World Class Dogme - 2001
In March 2001 we designed and executed a large kick-off for Huset Mandag Morgen. The event launched the new Council for Competency that was to work on world class environments of competency over the next three years. The event was a combination of role-playing and film production with 80 participants producing a series of short films about the seven cardinal virtues of competence and seven deadly sins of incompetence. Berlingske Tidende documented the whole course.
- Read the article and see video clips from Berlingske Tidende.
- Visit the Council for Competency.

The King is Alive - 2001
Creative sparring regarding the launch of the fourth Dogme film, “The King is Alive”. Included developing the poster by English illustrator Dave McKean, as well as design and facilitation of a special exhibition in Øksnehallen.
- Learn more about the movie.
- Read about Øksnehallen.

TetraPak - 2000
Role-play for 40 engineers from the support division of the Swedish concern TetraPak. The participants competed on making commercials for their own division. Focus was on teamwork, creativity, innovation and marketing.
- Visit TetraPak’s website.

The Youth Parliament - 2000
Large event for the Danish Youth Council in connection with their 60 year anniversary. 200 participants were given the responsibility of distributing a billion tax kroner and finding three revisions of the constitution. Focus was on youth politics and visions. Former Minister of Education Margrethe Vestager and other members of parliament played along.
- Visit the Danish Youth Council.

Once upon a time - 1999
Role-play about the roots of the welfare state. The participants relived the struggle for a constitution and renegotiated the cultural contract on which Denmark is founded. Henning Tjørnehøj served as professional consultant on the project.

Millenium - 1999
LO (The Danish Confederation of Trade Unions)’s large summer seminar about youth and the media. The participants inhabited a fictitious TV-station and produced news, soap, local news etc. every day. Ran over a course of 10 days. Arranged by Mindscope, who are LO’s special youth effort.
- Visit Mindscope’s website.

Xpolis - 1999
A large role-play on Roskilde Festival about understanding technology. Ran over the course of the whole festival in the technological area and involved the guests through votes, events, media etc. Its climax included a large UFO crashing in the middle of the area and an alien emerging.

Belgacom - 1998
Seminar for Belgium telephone company, Belgacom. Forty managers were set to making films in an old castle outside of Brussels. The seminar focussed on innovation, competition and teambuilding and was part of the concern’s implementation of a whole new structure and human resource policy.
- Visit Belgacom’s website.

Black Harvest - 1998
Large role-play about multi-culture on Holmen in occasion of LO’s 100-year anniversary. The participants were inhabitants on a mining colony in a distant future. A series of external incentives forced them into recreating their society and confronting old conflicts and prejudices.
- Visit LO’s website.