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Business Quest

GiX-UNIFI
Genitori di Ruolo
Thanks to a new system created by GeDR Studio, participants will step into the shoes of entrepreneurs and business leaders in a desperate struggle for survival ...
Amm. Z16 giovedì 22 maggio
ore 9:30
type: Demo
Target: for everyone
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Ciò che resta di Lei

When a woman’s identity fades from the world’s memory, can we still say she truly existed? And if an ancient wrong, committed in the silence of history, were to...
Pad.16 S13 - Actual Play sabato 23 maggio
ore 15:30
type: Other
Target: for everyone
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Donne di potere, tra Storia e Gioco

Federludo APS
LUDOSTORIA APS
When discussing women in a historical context, the popular imagination tends to focus, on the one hand, on noblewomen and courtesans engaged in who knows what i...
Amm. Z14 - PlayLab venerdì 22 maggio
ore 14:00
type: Other
Target: adults
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LS Federludo Donne di potere Play 2026

Double Standards – Dungeons & Dragons Live Play Session

Game Master Giadadiruolo runs a light-hearted and irreverent D&D session set in a small village within a classic fantasy setting. The protagonists are women who...
Pad.16 S13 - Actua lPlay domenica 24 maggio
ore 15:30
type: Other
Target: for everyone
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Due Pesi Due Misure

Explore your emotions and play with Mood On

Try Mood On, the cards deck of human feelings, presented by Alice (psychologist and sexologist). Nurture your emotional intelligence with a game of symbolic sti...
Pad.15 E14 F13 - Ludoteca Scientifica domenica 24 maggio
sempre
type: Demo
Target: for everyone
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Mood On 2

Exploring gender dynamics through play

Ludo Labo Società Cooperativa
13:30–15:00 “INCLUSION, TOKENISM AND GENDER STEREOTYPES” BEFORE THE SESSIONThrough the edu-LARP “Il giorno della separazione” (The Day of Separation), this sess...
Pad.15 G43 - Game Science sabato 23 maggio
ore 13:30
type: Talk and Panel
Target: for everyone
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Fair play – the kind of tabletop game we would like

The representations, roles and mechanics of games depict a world in which gender identity, like all other characteristics that define people and characters, is ...
Pad.15 E14 F13 - Ludoteca Scientifica from sabato 23 maggio to domenica 24 maggio
sempre
type: Demo
Target: for everyone
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TAVOLO FAIR PLAY 2026

Formula D – Women drivers in Formula 1

PROGIOCO FIRENZE
Meet the women at the steering wheel!In a predominantly male world such as Formula One, women have not always been merely a supporting act, but have sometimes b...
Pad.15 G34 domenica 24 maggio
ore 16:00
type: Demo
Target: for everyone
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Formula D come... Donna - Le donne pilota in Formula 1

Free to Choose: playing with gender stereotypes

UNIMORE - Università degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia
13:30–15:00 ‘INCLUSION, TOKENISM AND GENDER STEREOTYPES’ BEFORE THE SESSION10 years of history and research with Free to ChooseA game that ostensibly aims to ha...
Pad.15 G43 - Game Science sabato 23 maggio
ore 13:30
type: Talk and Panel
Target: for everyone
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FreeToChoose

Game Book Women – Authors, Artists and Editors in Italian Interactive Fiction

At last, a panel dedicated entirely to women’s voices in the world of game books: from writing to illustration, translation and editing, we will discuss how muc...
Pad.18 O8 - Play Publisher domenica 24 maggio
ore 14:30
type: Talk and Panel
Target: for everyone
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Panel Play Publisher

Games about women

CENTRO DOCUMENTAZIONE DONNA ETS
Giochi da tavolo a tema 
Pad.15 F3 - La Play from venerdì 22 maggio to domenica 24 maggio
sempre
type: Demo
Target: for everyone
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LOGO CDDONNA orizzontale

HOLMES & CO. - Paranormal Investigations - Interactive Live Play

Dice on Time
FONDAZIONE CICAP ETS - Comitato italiano per il controllo delle affermazioni sulle pseudoscienze
HOLMES & CO.  - Paranormal Investigations - Interactive Live PlayBased on the role-playing game “I Misteri di Malaforra” by Alessio Spalluto and Antonello Lotro...
Pad.16 S13 - Actual Play domenica 24 maggio
ore 10:00
type: Other
Target: for everyone
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Malaforra Play2026 sito

Magnifico Awards

TdG - La Tana dei Goblin
Ludo Labo Società Cooperativa
Librogame's Land
Play's award ceremony, during which the Play Magnifico prize and other awards are presented
Pad.18 O58 - Play Conference domenica 24 maggio
ore 11:00
type: Talk and Panel
Target: adults
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Premiazione Magnifico 1

Molly House

In Molly House, players take on the role of mollies to challenge gender norms in early 18th-century London. The game combines elements of social deduction, roll...
Pad.15 D13 - Play History from venerdì 22 maggio to domenica 24 maggio
sempre
type: Demo
Target: for everyone
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Molly house

Oceania 2084

Q&A with Johan Eriksson
Pad.18 O58 Play Conference domenica 24 maggio
ore 13:00
type: Talk and Panel
Target: adults
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Johan Oceania Panel

One-shot: Luci di Tombstone - Un lavoro da ragazze-en

Bivacco Vicenza
RPG SESSION WITH HANDMADE SALOON SET Life for women in 1884 Arizona is no bed of roses. Even less so if the women in question are Fireflies. Even less so if a g...
pad.18 N68 O67 domenica 24 maggio
ore 14:00
type: Demo
Target: adults
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One-shot: Luci di Tombstone - Un lavoro da ragazze

Opera Rooms - Schedule

There is a space at Play where role-playing becomes a collective, continuous, living experience: Sala Opera.Here, for three days, shared adventures unfold witho...
Amm. Z16 Z18 - Sala Opera from venerdì 22 maggio to domenica 24 maggio
sempre
type: Other
Target: for everyone
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Copia di AREA LIBROGAME 1200 x 630

Pink* – a Girls' game?

Ludo Labo Società Cooperativa
Demo of the game Pink. Limited edition
Pad.15 - F3 from venerdì 22 maggio to domenica 24 maggio
sempre
type: Demo
Target: adults
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Tavolo FIERA

Play Community Room - Schedule

In Play Community (conference room), the focus is on the growth and dissemination of the community that revolves around the world of games. Here, topics such as...
Pad.18 M72 - Play Community from venerdì 22 maggio to domenica 24 maggio
sempre
type: Talk and Panel
Target: for everyone
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play community

Play Publisher Room - Schedule

The Play Publisher (conference room) is the beating heart of the game publishing and industry scene. Here, topics related to game production, distribution, and ...
Pad.18 O8 - Play Publisher from venerdì 22 maggio to domenica 24 maggio
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type: Talk and Panel
Target: for everyone
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play PUBLISHER

PlayHer. Womens' representations in video games

Who are the women that populate video games? And what do they tell us about ourselves, our imagination, and society?From Princess Zelda to the witch Bayonetta, ...
Pad.15 G43 - Game Science sabato 23 maggio
ore 12:30
type: Talk and Panel
Target: adults
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Ragazze Digitali

UNIMORE - Università degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Summer Camp Ragazze Digitali
Pad.15 E16-F15 from venerdì 22 maggio to domenica 24 maggio
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type: Demo
Target: for everyone
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Ragazze Digitali

Ready to challenge yourself at the Ravensburger Puzzle Party?

RAVENSBURGER
Sunday, May 24 marks the arrival of the first Ravensburger Puzzle Party: three challenges, one fundamental rule… the fastest wins. Play – Festival del Gio...
Pad.16 R54 domenica 24 maggio
sempre
type: Tournament
Target: for everyone
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Ravensburger Puzzle Party

Respawn! Reclaiming Digital Bodies

In the world of video games, respawning is an opportunity to start afresh, to get back into the game after a defeat. But what happens when the game in question ...
Pad.15 G43 - Game Science domenica 24 maggio
ore 12:00
type: Talk and Panel
Target: adults
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Roleplay Talent Garden

Roleplay Talent Garden is a play space dedicated to aspiring young game masters aged 12 to 20, where we from the Unravelore team will be on hand as game masters...
Pad.18 N24 - Ludoteca RpG from venerdì 22 maggio to domenica 24 maggio
sempre
type: Demo
Target: for everyone
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unraveloreplay27

Secrets of Board Games Manufacturing

FABRYKA KART
Discover the fascinating journey of board game manufacturing – from the initial concept to the final product in players’ hands. In this session, we’ll unveil th...
Pad.18 O8 - Play Publisher sabato 23 maggio
ore 12:30
type: Talk and Panel
Target: adults
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Starter kit for writing gender-inclusive games

Gondolin Associazione di Promozione Sociale
Do you want to write a choose-your-own-adventure book where the protagonist could be of any gender? Do you need to translate a role-playing game and one of the ...
Amm. Z14 - PlayLab sabato 23 maggio
ore 11:30
type: Talk and Panel
Target: adults
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Starter set per scrivere giochi non sessisti

The Role of Women in the World of RPGs: Exploitation vs Inclusion

In 2026, discussing these issues might seem ‘outdated’, but even though the situation may have improved over the years in terms of inclusion, a more subtle and ...
Pad.18 M72 - Play Community sabato 23 maggio
ore 11:00
type: Talk and Panel
Target: adults
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unraveloreplay26

TIMELINE. Women’s suffrage around the world

CENTRO DOCUMENTAZIONE DONNA ETS
A special version of the Timeline game dedicated to women’s suffrage around the world
Pad.15 F3 - La Play from venerdì 22 maggio to domenica 24 maggio
sempre
type: Demo
Target: for everyone
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Donne

Tomb Raider turns thirty

Puzzles, colonialism and pop culture: Tomb Raider turns thirty
Pad.18 M72 - Play Community sabato 23 maggio
ore 17:00
type: Talk and Panel
Target: for everyone
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Viole nel Fango

Viole nel Fango (Violets in the Mud) is a semi-cooperative card and role-playing game for three to seven players and a Facilitator, based on improvisation and r...
Pad.15 D13 - Play History sabato 23 maggio
ore 9:00
type: Demo
Target: adults
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Votes for Women: the journey to women’s suffrage

UNIMORE - Università degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia
CENTRO GENDERMORE / SBA UNIMORE
CENTRO DOCUMENTAZIONE DONNA ETS
Round-table discussion on the journey to women’s suffrage and how games can help raise awareness of this issue
Pad.18 O58 - Play Conference from venerdì 22 maggio to venerdì 22 maggio
ore 16:00
type: Talk and Panel
Target: for everyone
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votes

What history teaches us: Quotes from the past and present to shape the future

CENTRO DOCUMENTAZIONE DONNA ETS
La Storia cosa ci insegna... Citazioni tra passato e presente per cambiare il futuro
Pad.15 F3 - La Play from venerdì 22 maggio to domenica 24 maggio
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type: Demo
Target: for everyone
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LOGO CDDONNA orizzontale

Women in Astronautics, Aeronautics and Astronomy: Space, Science, Technology and Play

Associazione Il C.O.S.Mo. APS
Videos, slides, board games, display panels and explanations about women in astronautics, aeronautics and astronomy.For example, airplane pilot Amelia Earhart, ...
Pad.15 F33 from venerdì 22 maggio to domenica 24 maggio
sempre
type: Other
Target: for everyone
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