The Girl Scouts have game badges too

Game Visionary is awarded to Seniors (Grade 9 – 10):When you've earned this badge, you'll be able to design and organize games that will bring people together for creative and thoughtful fun: break the ice, imagine all the world's a board, create a physical challenge, get puzzled, make an ultra scavenger hunt.Playing the Past is awarded to Juniors (Grades 4 – 5):When you've earned this badge, you'll know how girls of the past lived, worked, and played: decide who you are, create a costume, experience daily life, have some old-fashioned fun, become your character.View the list »
The Making Games badge is for Brownies (Grades 2 – 3):When you've earned this badge, you'll know how to create new games and share them with others: try a scavenger hunt, make up a mystery game, create a party game, change the rules, invent a whole new sport.

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Before the Boy Scouts officially introduced the Game Design merit badge, the Girl Scouts had their own game badges: Making Games, Product Designer, and Game Visionary. All these badges are part of the It's Your Story – Tell It! Leadership Journey series:

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Stories say so much about us—our likes, desires, dreams. The It's Your Story – Tell It! Leadership Journey series, made possible by a grant from the Dove Self-Esteem Fund, gives girls the opportunity to tell their stories through a range of creative approaches. Self-esteem is a natural by-product of this Journey series because through storytelling and creative expression girls gain a deep understanding of themselves and their potential, and develop confidence to become leaders in their own lives and in the world.

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  • The Making Games badge is for Brownies (Grades 2 – 3):When you've earned this badge, you'll know how to create new games and share them with others: try a scavenger hunt, make up a mystery game, create a party game, change the rules, invent a whole new sport.
  • Playing the Past is awarded to Juniors (Grades 4 – 5):When you've earned this badge, you'll know how girls of the past lived, worked, and played: decide who you are, create a costume, experience daily life, have some old-fashioned fun, become your character.
  • Game Visionary is awarded to Seniors (Grade 9 – 10):When you've earned this badge, you'll be able to design and organize games that will bring people together for creative and thoughtful fun: break the ice, imagine all the world's a board, create a physical challenge, get puzzled, make an ultra scavenger hunt.
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Michael "Talien" Tresca is a game designer, author, communicator, and artist. He is the National RPG and Sci-Fi Movie Examiner and recently published three books, the non-fiction history of gaming, The Evolution of Fantasy Role-Playing Games from McFarland Publishing, his fantasy fiction debut,...

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