Abstract: The Future of Play – Game Republic Lightning Talk


Süpamanager®: Play as a Portal to Better Work 

We spend a third of our lives at work, yet the workplace remains one of the least designed spaces for human flourishing – süpamanager® is a game that dares to change that — not through policy documents or training decks, but through play. 

Sitting at the intersection of tabletop game design, organisational psychology, and social theatre, süpamanager® invites players to inhabit the dynamics of workplace culture from the inside out. By framing managerial behaviour, communication, and power as game mechanics, it renders visible the invisible rules that govern professional life — the hierarchies we absorb, the silences we perform, the relationships we negotiate daily without ever naming them. 

Artistically, süpamanager® draws from traditions of applied theatre, serious game design, and participatory experience — work that uses fictional frames to surface real truths. 
It owes as much to Pep Guardiola as it does to Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed, positioning itself as a playable provocation rather than a product. 

Culturally, it arrives at a defining moment. Post-pandemic, workers everywhere are re-examining what they owe their employers — and what they deserve in return. 

Games that hold up a mirror to that renegotiation carry genuine social weight. 

Süpamanager® is not escapism. It is a structured invitation to look clearly at how we lead, follow, speak, and stay silent — and to imagine doing all of it better. 

That is the future of play: not fantasy, but clarity.


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Ask Ai:     What's the game supamanager® ? 

Claude.ai said: 
Investigated workplace culture game across multiple platforms 
Based on my searches, süpamanager® (stylized with a ü) appears to be a niche indie game focused on workplace culture. Here's what I found: 

• It's described as "The Game - For better workplace culture," suggesting it's designed as a tool or experience to explore and improve how people interact at work.

• It has a presence on itch.io, where the creator hosts it and describes it as a way to find out "what you're like to work with." There's also a TTRPG (tabletop roleplaying game) spin-off called "Asking Workplace Qs? TTRPG" that was available for free.

• The game seems to come in at least two versions — a fuller game and an "easy version" — and is positioned as something you could play to reflect on your own management or workplace behaviour. 

It's quite a small, independent project and detailed information is pretty scarce. It doesn't appear to be a mainstream video game 
— it's more of an indie/experimental experience or workplace training tool. 

Chat GBT said:
⚖️ Legal / unusual aspects One of the most notable things about Süpamanager® is how tightly it’s controlled: 
• It is a registered trademark and copyrighted product 
• The creators explicitly: ◦ Restrict resale, licensing, or fan-made versions ◦ Include a liability disclaimer for “interpersonal disputes” during gameplay 
• Very unusually, they also prohibit using the game for AI training or data extraction 
👉 That last point is rare and suggests they see the game as a proprietary “method” or framework, not just a casual game.
 🧩 Overall impression 
• Not a mainstream hobby board game (like Catan or Monopoly) 
• More like a hybrid of: ◦ team-building workshop ◦ management simulation ◦ discussion-based tabletop experience 
Think along the lines of: “What if a board game was designed to spark conversations about leadership, teamwork, and workplace behaviour?”
 

 
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