This simulation encourages participants to examine "the range of possible perspectives that can be brought to bear on [the] complicated work of international development and humanitarian aid."

This article details the history and vision of the "simulation and games movement."

This article presents an analysis of decades of simulation research to identify patterns, issues, and areas of opportunity.

This article includes tips for simulation success, defined as an "aha" moment for learners. 

This article discusses what needs to be present in design and implementation for effective simulation results.

An article that sheds light on simulation design and effectiveness, and the variables that impact learning from simulations.

This article from Willy C. Kriz provides guidance for instructors and facilitators on solution-oriented simulation design aimed at learning and sustainability. 

This article from Randall Kindley, PhD, provides design strategies for instructors and trainers within e-learning contexts. 

This guidebook from Clark Aldrich provides facilitation tips for trainers and instructors.

This other article from Thiagi is excellent for trainers, providing additional details to address and debunk misconceptions about simulations.

This article archive provides activity ideas, an interview with activity trainer, and facilitation techniques. 

This article provides simulation activity ideas that include embedded puzzles.

This article from Thiagi is excellent for trainers, addressing and debunking misconceptions about simulations.

Sharahad is a simulation by Phil Darg in which participants role play intercultural communication barriers. 

This simulation, created by Aletha Stahl, is an adaptation of Journey to Sharahad. Participants role play intercultural communication barriers.

This article by Sandra Fowler "defines cross-cultural training and briefly traces its history. The power of using simulation games for cross-cultural training is described.  The history of the author is intertwined with the use of simulation games for cross-cultural training. Personal history with specific games...is traced, and trainers who have influenced the author's development as a simulation gamer are cited" (Fowler, p. 464).

This activity teaches participants to express feelings about being unfairly treated or experiencing discrimination, as well to understand privilege and stereotypes. 

In this activity by Hofstede, Hofstede, and Pederson, participants will role-play conflict-prone situations and learn about synthetic cultures.

In this chapter resource, readers learn how to select and prepare a simulation.

Dividing the Spoils, an activity by C. Storti in Figuring foreigners out, examines individualist vs. collectivist cultures. 

Thiagi's simulation Chatter analyzes group interactions and communication.

RaFa RaFa is another simulation from Simulation Training Systems and is similar to BaFa Ba Fa.

The simulation BaFa BaFa, published by Simulation Training Systems, examines cultural stereotypes, language, and communication between different groups. 

This activity from Stringer & Cassiday's 52 Activities for improving cross-cultural communication also examines cultural patterns between different groups.

T. Gochenour's cultural simulation in Beyond Experience features a Welcoming Ceremony between the members of the Albatross culture and guests.
 

In this simulation, participants visit a culture that differences from their own (“East” culture vs. “West”). They become aware of some dimensions of culture (e.g. time, history, work) and their impact on behavior.

"What Is the Message?" is another version of this type of activity, published in Stringer and Cassiday's 52 Activities for exploring values differences (pp. 91-94).

Stringer and Cassiday have published another version of this type of cultural simulation, this time called "Toothpicks," in their book 52 Activities for improving cross-cultural communication (pp. 47-49).

Stringer and Cassiday's version of this type of simulation, which they call "Rockets and Sparklers," can be found in their book 52 Activities for exploring values differences (pp. 161-165).

This Thiagi "Jolt" can be found a in his book Jolts! Brief activities to explore diversity and inclusion (pp. 72-75) and is not the same as the Thiagi "Jolt" called "Mingle" which can be found at http://thiagi.net/PAC/pacGameBooklet.pdf

In this activity, participants are assigned to different groups and asked to enact various nonverbal communicative behaviors while engaging in a cocktail party simulation. Participants then debrief the experience and what they noticed. 

Participants are given one of five colors of paper with cultural rules to follow while trying to find out the favorite color, movie, and food of participants with a different color of paper.