Michał Mochocki

Current

• Assistant Professor at Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego
• Secretary, Managing Board Member at Polskie Towarzystwo Badania Gier

Past

• freelance writer, game designer & translator (Self-employed)
• Editor at Portal Magazine
• Editor & HR manager at Valkiria Network

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Education

• Uniwersytet Gdanski

Connections

14 connections

Industry

Higher Education

Websites

• PTBG
• Kujawska Brac Szlachecka
• Dzikie Pola

Michał Mochocki’s Experience

• Assistant Professor

  Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego

  (Higher Education industry)

  December 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)

  Currently researching non-digital games (RPG, LARP, card games) and historical reenactment, with focus on their applications in teaching and training.

• Secretary, Managing Board Member

  Polskie Towarzystwo Badania Gier

  (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)

  November 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)

  Secretary, Managing Board Member since Nov 2007
  Co-founder and Board Member since Jan 2004

• freelance writer, game designer & translator

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Writing and Editing industry)

  December 1998 — November 2007 (9 years)

  Author of 30 educational articles on Polish literature (for secondary school students) and new teaching techniques (for teachers). Co-author of "Dzikie Pola" RPG (2005): a historical role playing game set in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth of 17th century. Author of "Zabić Szczura" (2004): a supplement to "Neuroshima", plus more than 100 texts and scenarios for various RPG magazines. English-Polish translator of the "Dungeons&Dragons" series for ISA.

• Editor

  Portal Magazine

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)

  February 2000 — August 2003 (3 years 7 months)

  Executive editor for "Dzikie Pola" department in "Portal" RPG magazine (2000-2003): writing, editing, headhunting and marketing.

• Editor & HR manager

  Valkiria Network

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Entertainment industry)

  January 2001 — July 2002 (1 year 7 months)

Michał Mochocki’s Education

• Uniwersytet Gdanski

  Ph.D. , Literature & Culture Studies , 1998 — 2007

  2007: Ph.D. in Literature (doktor nauk humanistycznych w zakresie literaturoznawstwa)
  
  2002: M.A. in English Philology (magister filologii angielskiej)

  Activities and Societies:

  Games Research Association of Poland (since 2004), Kujawska Brać Szlachecka (since 2005)

Additional Information

Michał Mochocki’s Websites:

• PTBG
• Kujawska Brac Szlachecka
• Dzikie Pola

Michał Mochocki’s Interests:

Games research, educational games, role playing games, popular culture & literature, theory and history of literature, creative writing, historical reenactment, fencing, history of Poland, arts & culture management

Michał Mochocki’s Groups:

Polskie Towarzystwo Badania Gier (Games Research Association of Poland)
Kujawska Brać Szlachecka (a historical reenactment group)

Michał Mochocki’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch