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Corporate AI awareness serious game

Ghost Coders: Mission AI

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Step into a spy cell and take on AI
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From 15 to 300 employees (tables of 4 to 6 players)
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Narrative tabletop board game with physical materials
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60 to 90 minutes of play
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The pitch: an investigation cell facing the algorithmic shift

Change management around artificial intelligence often meets resistance. Ghost Coders, our corporate AI awareness serious game, turns that mistrust into practical mastery through a gripping spy fiction that makes new technology easier to accept.

The ultra-secret international research centre Ghost Coders summons your employees at short notice. Artificial intelligence now underpins critical infrastructure — healthcare, finance, media, recruitment — yet worrying malfunctions and unpredictable algorithmic behaviour are appearing across the globe.

Split into expert cells, your employees investigate these worldwide anomalies, pinpoint security flaws and settle complex ethical dilemmas to fix the systems without stifling innovation. Guided by professional actors and punctuated by audio and video happenings, teams leave top-down theory behind, dive into a captivating human adventure and build real skills.

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8 topical themes and choices that really count

Ghost Coders is no passive quiz: it’s a collaborative board game where every decision made at the table shapes what happens next.

  • Immersive physical materials: Every table gets its own game boards (boards), evidence files and action cards, encouraging direct conversation and collective intelligence.
  • 8 sectors under the microscope: A close look at AI’s real impact on healthcare, finance, media, HR and justice, plus awareness-raising on the risks of Shadow AI and data leaks.
  • Ethics scoring for each theme: Every decision weighs technological speed against algorithmic bias detection and human responsibility, producing a unique score for each team.
  • Management debrief: A guided wrap-up led by the actors to review each team’s choices, embed company best practice and secure buy-in on the ground.
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Formats & budget

Ghost Coders is a ready-to-play, fully mobile experience created by Arcane Experience, an event agency accredited by the French Team Building Federation (FFTB), your guarantee of legal and insurance compliance.

  • Starting price: From €2,300 excl. VAT (CHF 2,300.-) for the catalogue format. Your quote is tailored to the total number of players (up to 300 participants) and the city where it takes place.
  • Where we operate: Mobile delivery from our offices in Paris and Lausanne, anywhere in France, in French-speaking Switzerland, in Belgium and in Luxembourg, at your own premises or at your offsite venue.
  • Logistics: Ready-to-play and self-contained. All we need are meeting tables for your teams and a projection screen with sound on site.

Customisation & bespoke design

Want to showcase your own AI usage charter, highlight internal tools or raise awareness of specific sector issues?

  • Custom theme (optional): We write and integrate a bespoke round built around your company’s AI charter, your internal generative tools or your own business use cases.
  • A 100% bespoke serious game: For larger-scale needs or deep transformation challenges, our studio designs a bespoke corporate game calibrated to your innovation challenges, your industry and your regulatory constraints.
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Ghost Coders: frequently asked questions

How do you overcome resistance to change and employee mistrust of AI?

Faced with fear of replacement or plain mistrust, our awareness game turns artificial intelligence into a tool people can master rather than a threat. By stepping into the role of an investigation cell, employees take back control. This playful sidestep lifts psychological blocks: the team experiences the flaws and the benefits of algorithms first-hand, in a safe setting, which builds natural buy-in for your new tools.

Why choose a physical board game over an e-learning module on AI?

Unlike a solo digital module or a top-down conference, this tangible tabletop format brings a genuine, unifying breather to your offsite agenda. Screens step aside and human interaction takes over. Setting aside time to play opens up conversation, drives engagement and helps employees absorb the ethical issues while enjoying themselves — far from the cognitive overload of traditional training.

Is the experience suitable for employees with no interest in technology?

Team play is the perfect way to include everyone, with no IT or maths prerequisites. Collective intelligence lets newcomers take part and progress alongside more tech-savvy colleagues. It’s the mix of professional perspectives, shared common sense and debate within the group that cracks the dilemmas and moves everyone forward together.

How is the impact of players' choices on ethics and governance measured?

Every decision your employees make shapes the story directly, through a scoring system covering eight distinct themes. There’s no single path: teams end up with different results depending on their choices. This tangible consequence mechanic makes players accountable and gives the actor an excellent basis for debriefing the experience and embedding your own governance rules.

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