AWARD YEAR
2019
CATEGORY
Play & Learning
GOALS
Gender Equality
KEYWORDS
Relationship and responsibility, Board game, greater cultural and social dialogue
COUNTRY
United States of America
DESIGNED BY
Nashra Balagamwala
WEBSITE
http://www.globalgradshow.com/projects/arranged/
Arranged!
a game that forces you to confront the struggles of an arranged marriage
Arranged! is a game that forces participants to confront the struggles of an arranged marriage and other South-Asian cultural norms, including skin whitening, secret boyfriends, and dowries. The gameplay involves a matchmaker trying to get teenage girls married off to any and every boy she can find, while the boys try to run away from her, and a potentially loveless marriage. They can do this by talking about having a career, gaining weight, being seen in the mall with boys, or several other things that many societies consider normal, but that can be seen as disgraceful in South-Asian culture.