Are we alone in the universe? For decades, that question has been tackled with complex formulas. Drake’s Dice flips the experience: you explore the Drake Equation through dice, risk, peer review, and discovery cards, without doing any math. Game designer Daniel Larose shares how he and Alissa Pott built a science outreach board game designed to stand on its own at home, while staying grounded through expert review.

1. Daniel Larose on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/riotlarose/?locale=en

2. Alissa Pott on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alissa-pott/?locale=en

3. Larose des Jeux website: https://larosedesjeux.com/

4. Drake’s Dice website: https://drakesdice.com/

5. Drake’s Dice on wemakeit: https://wemakeit.com/projects/drake-s-dice/show/comments

6. FEJEST AFRIQUE: https://fejest.org/

7. Cartomerveilles Association: https://www.cartomerveilles.ch/

8. European Astrobiology Institute: https://www.esf.org/eai/

9. COSPAR Committee for Space Research: https://cospar2026.org/

10. European Space Agency: https://www.esa.int/AboutUs/Careersat_ESA

11. CERN (European Council for Nuclear Research): https://home.cern/

12. NASA Artemis program: https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/artemis/

13. Drake equation (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equation

14. Kessler syndrome on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome

15. Fame Lab Switzerland: https://www.famelab.ch/

16. Carl Sagan “Pale Blue Dot”: https://www.planetary.org/worlds/pale-blue-dot

17. |Hop> the quantum game – Another game by Daniel Larose: https://www.hopquantumgame.com/en/

18. Jungle Speed: https://www.zygomatic-games.com/en/game/jungle-speed/

19. Dixit: https://www.libellud.com/en/our-games/dixit/

20. Twilight Imperium Fourth Edition: https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition/

21. Serious Play Conference Europe in Mainz: https://eu.seriousplayconf.com/

22. ISAGA conferences: https://isaga.com/our-activities/conferences/

23. President Clinton's Remarks About Mars Life Evidence, August 7, 1996: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt-eToev944

24. Music: "Blanks" by Podington Bear (CC BY-NC 3.0, soundofpicture.com). A big thank you for sharing this wonderful track.

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