Playing games is a great way to learn. That’s one reason I’ve devised a game concerning the interesting and fairly complex issues involved in trying to determine what e-discovery activities are proportional and appropriate in various sized cases. Specifically, what should you do to prepare for federal court 26(f) conferences in small and medium sized cases, versus large, complicated cases? I have had to give this a lot of thought as part of my practice as a lawyer supervising hundreds of e-discovery projects at a time, projects of all different sizes. I could simply give you my answer, but after five books, I’ve already been there and done that. So I thought I’d try something new and make this learning into a game where you consider and vote on what activities you think are appropriate for a Small, Medium or Large case.

The game is loosely based on the…