# Any game ideas to make Diamond OA training more fun? **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** training, diamond-oa\ **Created:** [5 February 2026 16:21 UTC](https://forum.edch.eu/t/any-game-ideas-to-make-diamond-oa-training-more-fun/762 "2026-02-05T16:21:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mpaulhac](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.edch.eu/mpaulhac/32/48_2.png) [@mpaulhac](https://forum.edch.eu/u/mpaulhac)\ **Post date:** [5 February 2026 16:21 UTC](https://forum.edch.eu/t/any-game-ideas-to-make-diamond-oa-training-more-fun/762/1 "2026-02-05T16:21:02Z")
Hi all, I’m looking for a bit of help from those of you who like games or playful ideas 👾 We’re preparing some training sessions on Diamond Open Access and EDCH resources, and I’d like to add a fun twist to them, e.g., a Diamond OA card game to help newcomers get familiar with our world, or any other playful format (it can be online, etc.). I was wondering if any of you have already tried something like this, know of similar existing resources, or would be up for brainstorming together? ---
**Author:** ![irynakuchma](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.edch.eu/irynakuchma/32/334_2.png) [@irynakuchma](https://forum.edch.eu/u/irynakuchma)\ **Post date:** [5 February 2026 16:42 UTC](https://forum.edch.eu/t/any-game-ideas-to-make-diamond-oa-training-more-fun/762/2 "2026-02-05T16:42:45Z")
Great idea, thank you Marion! Milica and I worked on this EOSC Ice Breakers set of cards a coupe of years ago [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10044731](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10044731) and I am up for brainstorming together! I’ve quickly checked the FORRT Open Research Games Portal [FORRT Open Research Games Portal](https://forrtapps.shinyapps.io/open-research-games-portal/) and I don’t think such resource exists already. ---
**Author:** ![mpaulhac](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.edch.eu/mpaulhac/32/48_2.png) [@mpaulhac](https://forum.edch.eu/u/mpaulhac)\ **Post date:** [6 February 2026 13:44 UTC](https://forum.edch.eu/t/any-game-ideas-to-make-diamond-oa-training-more-fun/762/3 "2026-02-06T13:44:11Z")
Hi Iryna! Thanks a lot for sharing these two resources, they’re really interesting! I didn’t know either of them, so I’ll definitely take a closer look 👀 At first glance, the FORRT Open Research Games Portal seems to focus on open science and open data, I don’t see anything specifically related to Diamond OA (at least for now). I’ll explore it a bit more and then come back to you (and to anyone else who’d like to join!) so we can think together about the format! ---
**Author:** ![TSteiner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@TSteiner](https://forum.edch.eu/u/TSteiner)\ **Post date:** [12 February 2026 12:10 UTC](https://forum.edch.eu/t/any-game-ideas-to-make-diamond-oa-training-more-fun/762/4 "2026-02-12T12:10:19Z")
Hi Marion, that’s a lovely idea! And agreeing with Iryna, there might not be too many specifically tailored to Diamond OA … but maybe some of those addressing open access in more general terms could be adapted to no-fee, Diamond OA? The Open Access Tracking Project has a good list of resources collected over the years, tagged with `oa.games` - see [TagTeam :: Search - Open Access Tracking Project (OATP)](https://tagteam.harvard.edu/hubs/oatp/item_search?q=oa.games&commit=Go) for a list. ---
**Author:** ![mpaulhac](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.edch.eu/mpaulhac/32/48_2.png) [@mpaulhac](https://forum.edch.eu/u/mpaulhac)\ **Post date:** [13 February 2026 08:50 UTC](https://forum.edch.eu/t/any-game-ideas-to-make-diamond-oa-training-more-fun/762/5 "2026-02-13T08:50:56Z")
Hi Toby, many thanks for your reply! I’ll definitely check out those resources, it looks like a great starting point. I’s certainly worth exploring how we can create a game specifically tailored to Diamond OA!