Collections
by Bernard De Koven
FUN Virtual Collections
- The Learning Organization is a connection to collection of some remarkably intelligent conversations about working together; and a welcome for you to add yours.
- Collections
- Kidsplaybook – a masterful collection of videos of children at play from cultural videographer Jules Oostervegel
- Word Drinking Games - from StudentDrinkingGames.com
- Kissing games – OK, so you don’t really have to kiss anyone
- Traditional Children’s Games in South-East Asia – carefully documented fun
- Games for the Playground, Home, School, and Gymnasium – Jessie H. Bancroft’s classic collection
- International Inspiration Resources Page (PDF) – game collection from the British Council
- International Games Database – “quickly find a game that suits your needs and situation”
- Elliott Avedon Virtual Museum of Games - deep collection of games from all places and eras
- Jim Moskowitz’s Officially Incomplete List Of Parlor Games
- The Playworks collection – recess and other games for people who play for fun
- Yulunga – traditional aboriginal games from Australia
- The Game Gal - well-written collection of significantly fun games
- 100 ways to energize groups: Games to use in workshops, meetings and the community (PDF) from the AIDS Alliance
- Deep Fun youth games from the Unitarian Universalist Association
- Some good old New Games
- Playing for Life (pdf) some more good old New Games
- Games (pdf) yet another playworthy collection from American Heritage Girls
- Game Ideas for Group Gatherings, Party, or Camp (2,000 of ‘em)
- The Games Book - a collection of camp and playground games (in Dutch)
- Daycamper’s collection of camp games
- Traditional Children’s Games from Around the World – “Discover how children from Venezuela, Mexico, Korea, China, Germany, and many other countries play different versions of the same traditional games.”
- Playtimes: “A century of Children’s Games and Rhymes” – from the UK, great collection of videos of kids playing, resources for kids and researchers
- Great Group Games – “group gameswith simple instructions and videos to help you relax, save time and stay organized”
- Ludocity - “playable games - pervasive games that have been thoroughly tested and are ready to go out into the world.”
- Guide to Cooperative Games for Social Change – a bunch of pointedly pointless games, download for free
- Games from the Eastern Cooperative Recreation School – a small but informed collection of children’s games from around the world
- Playground Fun – a very inviting, participatory website devoted to children’s playground games
- Games from Playworks – a useful collection of games for active children
- Pointless Sites – virtual pointlessness
- A Chance to Play games from the Children’s Rights Centre in South Africa
- Dagonell’s Medieval Games Page
- Zoom games: submitted by kids for the TV series
- Improv Encyclopedia – theater games
- 400 Party Games: for kids and adults, from Russia, with love
- String figure games
- Group-Games.com – a small, well-indexed collection of party and teambuilding games
- For more playworthy resources, try Youthwork Links and Activities, really.
- Street Games: real games from real streets play by real kids, really – documented, illustrated, filmed
- Street Games: more street games
- Mancala
- Mancala – Mancala games from Wikipedia
- Game Finder: find kids’ games by age, number of players, indoor our outdoor, and occasion. From Family.com.
- Eldrbarry’s Group Games: a youth group leader’s collection of traditional active games for children
- Campgames: a usefully categorized and highly accessible collection of camp games for all ages and group sizes
- Games Kids Play: a collection of a couple hundred actual children’s games
- Chinese children’s games: a collection from Tong Liu, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale Child Study Center
- The World of Playing Cards: the art and history of…
- Pagat – card games of every ilk.
- Team-building games of the grown-up business-like kind
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Word Play
- Unwords: Make up your own words
- Wordspy – the everyday playfulness of new words
- Board and Table games
- Game Theory
- Gametheory.net – “A resource for educators and students of game theory”
- Bibiliographies, links, references
- Global play: