an award-winning educational card game

A game about

advocating for yourself
developing people skills
sabotaging your friends
being the best pirate
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ecgbl 2024
12th International Educational Game Awards - 1st Place
serious play 2024
International Serious Play Awards - 3rd Place

Rise to the top as the best (or least terrible) worker

Prove yourself worthy for your dream job

Pitch yourself to the Boss as a job candidate for a variety of different jobs, ranging from a social media influencer to a supervillain sidekick.

Play dirty and sabotage the competition

Spice things up by giving your friends terrible personality traits. After all, do you really want to work with someone who always makes fake farting noises?  

Develop mindfulness and people skills

As a game created to facilitate socio-emotional learning, Terrible Workers provides a safe space to practice people skills for personal development and career growth.

Laugh together with friends

Terrible Workers has been played and loved by players from diverse ages and backgrounds, sparking joy, laughter and fun conversations when played together with friends and family.

Perfect for a variety of occasions

Schools & institutions

Terrible Workers was initially designed in collaboration with a local high school district to help students understand the importance of people skills, making it ideal for a memorable classroom activity.

Professional development workshops

Terrible Workers provides a fun safe space (without fear of failure) for practicing interview skills and advocating for yourself, which are critical abilities for modern day job success.

Family game nights & friendly get-togethers

While Terrible Workers includes a sprinkling of meaningful learning outcomes, we also designed the game to be FUN, first and foremost, bringing joy and laughter to your dinner table.

Backed by learning science to aid personal growth

Terrible Workers was created by designers and researchers at Carnegie Mellon University to find a way to teach socio-emotional skills effectively - skills that form the backbone for handling the bulk of everyday life, yet are undervalued in most curriculums today.

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