Wednesday, May 29, 2002
Good Old New Games
Always delicious to discover that there are people out there keeping New Games alive. Let's Play is my latest find. There's a small collection of old New Games on the site. Here's a good one I almost forgot:
Psychic Hand Shake
"This activity requires a more meditative frame of mind. Everyone in the group picks a number in their head--one, two, or three--that feels right for them at the moment. Without breaking the mood, we mingle and start shaking hands with one another. If my number is one, I shake your hand just once; if it's two, I shake twice; and I shake your hands three times if it's three. If we have different numbers, there is an unmistakable moment of tension as one of us tries to stop the shake while the other continues. But if we have the same number, we stop at the same time and we know we're in the same group. Those of us with the same number stick together and continue our search. Amazingly, more often than not, we will divide ourselves up into three equal groups!"
You know about Dale LeFevre, of course, one the most intrepid and enduring of the New Games standard-carriers.
And diabolo-master, devil-sticking, dice-stacker Todd Strong's book of Parachute Games.
You can also find the games and philosphy sprinkled about cyberspace. Here's a couple of good old games being used to good purpose courtesy of good old New Gamer Charlie Steffans.
Always delicious to discover that there are people out there keeping New Games alive. Let's Play is my latest find. There's a small collection of old New Games on the site. Here's a good one I almost forgot:
Psychic Hand Shake
"This activity requires a more meditative frame of mind. Everyone in the group picks a number in their head--one, two, or three--that feels right for them at the moment. Without breaking the mood, we mingle and start shaking hands with one another. If my number is one, I shake your hand just once; if it's two, I shake twice; and I shake your hands three times if it's three. If we have different numbers, there is an unmistakable moment of tension as one of us tries to stop the shake while the other continues. But if we have the same number, we stop at the same time and we know we're in the same group. Those of us with the same number stick together and continue our search. Amazingly, more often than not, we will divide ourselves up into three equal groups!"
You know about Dale LeFevre, of course, one the most intrepid and enduring of the New Games standard-carriers.
And diabolo-master, devil-sticking, dice-stacker Todd Strong's book of Parachute Games.
You can also find the games and philosphy sprinkled about cyberspace. Here's a couple of good old games being used to good purpose courtesy of good old New Gamer Charlie Steffans.
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