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Resolve UNB Resolve is an applied game design research group at UNB Fredericton. We design games that educate, inform, engage and change.

Have you heard of the Paradoxides board game? I got to play test it for the first time yesterday when Scott brought it t...
09/12/2026

Have you heard of the Paradoxides board game?

I got to play test it for the first time yesterday when Scott brought it to Saint John as part of their fall play test series.
I was so excited to try it out after learning about the game 9 months ago. It's a Maritimes paleontology history themed boardgame that is being developed & designed at UNB Fredericton.

As I played, I loved travelling around the board to geosites in local cities & towns all around the maritimes; Saint John, St Martin's, Moncton, Charlottetown, Halifax, Truro, etc.
I collected local fossil cards from each location, stopping at museums to donate fossils, using the writing desk to write to people in the science community during the 19th century & add them to my collection, and publishing papers or presenting lectures by exchanging my fossil collection for points & earn money.

I love a good board game, & what I really liked about this one is all the facts about local fossils & well known people in the geological world during that time. Each card had (or will have) little history tidbits.

You can play test Paradoxides while they are still putting the final touches on it, follow Resolve UNB on Facebook to see where they are heading next! (They also have a Paradoxides Facebook group & an email list for those who want to know all the fun behind the scenes details, lol & yes I've signed up for both!)

Curious where you can find us this fall? Here’s our calendar of the events we’ll be attending for September, October and...
09/10/2026

Curious where you can find us this fall? Here’s our calendar of the events we’ll be attending for September, October and November!
Please note that Bord Game Night at Heroe’s Beacon is TONIGHT, 6:30 to 9:00.
If you are at any of these events, please came say hello! Depending on the event, we’ll have copies of Project AUDE, and we’ll be showing off the latest version of Paradoxides 😁

And that’s a wrap for the summer! This week we tidied up the room we’ve been calling our office for the past 4 months. I...
09/04/2026

And that’s a wrap for the summer! This week we tidied up the room we’ve been calling our office for the past 4 months. In such a big room, it’s hard to believe that, at one point, we used up every table 😅 Here’s a look at some of the things Resolve was up to in August! ☀️

08/21/2026

Interested in joining the Resolve team? Hear from Autumn, a past Arts intern and work-study student about the experience. You can send us a DM or email us at [email protected] for more information, to ask questions, or become involved!

08/11/2026

We have a mascot!

We are giving Parry the Trilobite to one person on our mailing list. Sign up to be automatically entered to win! We’re also bringing Parry to the Garrison Night Market in Fredericton this Thursday, August 13th and we’ll be showing off the latest prototype of our upcoming game, Paradoxides. Come say hi!

You can join the mailing list here: paradoxidesgame.com OR find it linked in our bio.

Since the beginning of Summer, we have been play testing our new game “Paradoxides.” This means we have people come in t...
07/24/2026

Since the beginning of Summer, we have been play testing our new game “Paradoxides.” This means we have people come in to play the game and give us their feedback, or, the design team plays the game. While the games mechanics are mostly finalized, playtests are always valuable as we finalize the graphic design of the board and cards. Pictured here are some versions of the board over the past couple of months. Some are being playtested, and some are being critiqued for graphic design updates. Hit us up if you’re interested in playtesting!

07/22/2026

It’s Paradoxides’ Birthday! 🥳🥳

After about six months of trying out different game ideas and mechanics, it was on July 22, 2025 that we playtested what came to be called “Prototype 5”. This is the one that stuck. The current prototype of Paradoxides, numbered 5.5, has seen adjustments and additions along the way, but the core mechanics were locked in one year ago today. Happy Birthday Prototype 5!

07/03/2026

Back in May, we submitted Paradoxides to the 2026 Canadian Game Design Award competition. This is an annual event for unpublished prototypes by Canadian board game designers. We just learned that we were chosen as one of the five finalists! Thank you to the judges for this incredible honour. The winner will be announced at FallCon, Alberta’s largest gaming convention, on August 22 in Calgary.

If you want to learn more about the CGDA and hear more about each of the finalists, check out these links:

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100054793131492
https://www.instagram.com/mels_boardgame_room

Image: John Henry Walker, Opening the Ball, about 1870. M930.50.6.57, McCord Stewart Museum.

06/19/2026

We’re making a new board game! Over the past couple of years we’ve been developing our newest game about the historical practice of Atlantic Canadian geology and palaeontology: “Paradoxides - Fossil Hunting in Eastern Canada (1860-1900)” As we will continue to make updates here on Instagram, the best place to keep up to date with this project is in our Facebook group where we post exclusive game-related updates, and where you can share your opinions before the game is released.

Join with the following link: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/18mV1hUKnR/?mibextid=wwXIfr.

OR tap the link in our bio!

We hope to see you there!

That’s a wrap on the 2026 Canadian Games Studies Association Conference! Katie M, Katie R, and Dr. Scott Preston ran dem...
06/16/2026

That’s a wrap on the 2026 Canadian Games Studies Association Conference! Katie M, Katie R, and Dr. Scott Preston ran demos of our new game Paradoxides and gave a presentation about our process in creating it: “But Where are the Dinosaurs? - Balancing Facts and Fun While Designing a Geoscience Board Game.” This was an exciting step for Paradoxides, and brings us even closer to the final product.

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