Designing Decision-Based Learning:
Build RPG Simulations That Drive Real Behavior

with Paula Yaovamal Uebunkul

Course Length:
3-Hour Toolbox Tutorial

Date: Monday, May 27
Time: 7:30 a.m. - 10:30 p.m. CT

Most learning experiences tell people what to think.

Few allow them to experience the consequences of their decisions.

In this hands-on Toolbox Tutorial, Paula Yaovamal Uebunkul will show you how to design RPG-style simulations that move beyond passive learning and place participants inside realistic organizational complexity.

You’ll learn how to create decision-driven learning experiences where learners navigate uncertainty, face competing priorities, and experience how their choices shape outcomes over time.

This is not about gamification gimmicks or surface-level engagement.
It’s about designing experiences where people think differently, decide differently, and ultimately perform differently.

If you design leadership programs, communication training, organizational development initiatives, simulations, or game-based learning experiences, this session will expand the way you think about learning design.

Course Overview

Most learning programs succeed in engagement but fail in behavior change.

Why?

Because they focus on content instead of decisions.

In this immersive 3-hour Toolbox Tutorial, Paula Yaovamal Uebunkul will show you how to design RPG-style simulation experiences that place learners inside realistic workplace complexity where every choice carries trade-offs, consequences, and uncertainty.

Instead of simply delivering information, you’ll learn how to build learning environments where participants must think critically, navigate ambiguity, collaborate under pressure, and experience the impact of their decisions over time.

This is not a session about adding points and badges to training.

It is a practical design workshop focused on building decision-driven learning experiences that create reflection, insight, and meaningful behavior change.

Participants will explore how simulation systems can be used to develop leadership, communication, collaboration, strategic thinking, and organizational awareness in ways traditional training often cannot achieve.

This is a hands-on working session. You will actively design, test, and reflect throughout the experience.

Who Should Attend?

This session is designed for professionals responsible for creating learning experiences that influence decision-making, behavior, and performance.

It is especially valuable for:

• Instructional Designers
• Corporate Trainers
• Facilitators
• Learning Experience Designers
• Leadership Development Professionals
• Organizational Development Consultants
• Gamification Designers
• Simulation Designers
• L&D Leaders
• HR and Talent Development Professionals

No prior RPG or game design experience is required.

Why Choose This Course?

Most workplace learning focuses on delivering information. But real-world performance depends on judgment, decision-making, communication, and navigating complexity.

This course introduces a practical framework for designing learning experiences that replicate those realities.

Instead of relying on lectures, slide decks, or static case studies, you’ll learn how to create dynamic learning systems where participants actively experience the impact of their choices.

You’ll leave with practical tools, design frameworks, and a deeper understanding of how simulations can drive meaningful insight and behavior change.

Course Highlights

• Learn how to design decision-driven learning experiences
• Build RPG-style simulation systems for workplace learning
• Design meaningful choices with real trade-offs
• Create delayed consequences that deepen reflection
• Explore facilitation strategies for simulation-based learning
• Prototype your own simulation concept during the session
• Receive live guidance and feedback while designing
• Apply simulation techniques to leadership, communication, and organizational learning

Who Should Enroll?

Enroll if you are ready to move beyond traditional training approaches and create learning experiences that develop real-world thinking and decision-making.

This course is ideal for professionals designing leadership development, organizational learning, communication training, strategic thinking exercises, simulations, or game-based learning experiences.

If you want learners to do more than remember information and instead think critically, navigate complexity, and reflect on consequences, this session is designed for you.

Cost:
$99 for Individual Registration
FREE for Game Garage Members

Includes live session + full access to the recording and downloadable tools

Date: Monday, May 27
Time: 7:30 a.m. - 10:30 p.m. CT

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