Wikeys, the pedagogical game

Launched by Wikimédia France in october 2022, this board game aims to teach Wikipedia's 5 pillars in a collaborative and fun way.

Wikeys logo

It was designed by a french company specialized in game design and financed by the french ministry of Culture.

It was first released in print&play and is progressively getting ready for publishing.

It is also available in different languages thanks to the Wikimedia Movement.

Rules of the game

Collaboratively create a top-quality Wikipedia article by following these steps: source the information, balance points of view, strengthen article structure, avoid errors.


Source the information	Balance points of view	Stregthen structure	Avoid errors
Source of information	Point of view	Structure	Error

Contribution card

Setting up

- Place the Board in the center of the playing space.

- Shuffle the Contribution cards and distribute 3 cards to each participant.

- Position a marker at square 0 on the Edit Gauge

Game turn

Take turns performing one of the following two actions, then draw a Contribution card.

Pass your turn

Discard a card from your hand.

Play a card

Choose a Contribution card from your hand and position it on the board without overlapping it. Align it on the grid in any orientation.

You have the option to position the card partially or entirely over another card. However, for each symbol that you have modified or concealed in this manner, increase the marker on the Edit Gauge by 1.

Edition gauge

Game over

The game ends either:

- When the marker on the Edit Gauge reaches 10;

- When all players pass their turn successively.

Then calculate the quality of your item based on the symbols visible on the board. Starting from the bottom of the gauge, count:

Variations

Topic cards

At the beginning of the game, randomly pick a Topic card. This card introduces additional constraints and adjusts the limit value of the Editing Gauge.

Profile cards

Shuffle the Profile cards and deal one card to each participant. If the power granted by the card is incompatible with the Topic card,

draw a new Profile card. The Admin profile is unique and can be assigned through a vote at the beginning of the game, especially

for a seasoned group.

Language versions

Meta page : Wikeys/Traduction


Language	Link
Français	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikeys.pdf
Albanian	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikeys_in_Albanian_Language.pdf
English	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikeys_in_English.pdf
Deutsch	https://de.wikibooks.org/wiki/Benutzer:Sebastian_Wallroth/Wikeys
Deutsch (localization Switzerland)	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikeys_Deutsch_Schweiz.pdf
Swiss german	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikeys_Schwyzerdütsch.pdf
Italian	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikeys_in_italiano.pdf
And many more to come!

Online versions

On Wikimedia France website

Link : https://www.wikimedia.fr/wikeys/

On Tabletopia

Link : https://tabletopia.com/games/wikeys

Publishing

Meta page: Wikeys/Publishing