Game facilitators tend to have boundless curiosity. In our heart of hearts, we’re strategists, tacticians, and tenacious problem-solvers. As such, we’re interdisciplinary and resourceful. A devout #gamestormer cribs workshop ideas from anywhere.
Card games, board games, video games, and RPGs,1 for example, are ripe with new ideas for meetings. I buy games designated as “casual party games” simply to scour them for surprising goals, innovative designs, or disruptive game mechanics. Along those lines, here’s one for your weekend called Renunciation. It’s #gamestorming combined with aspects of #deepselfdesign from NYT best-selling author, artist, visionary and mystic, Kim Krans. The game facilitator in me sees the genius in this. The world she created overflows with new-game potential. Play it and reimagine your stand-up meeting. Play it and think of cool ways to give feedback. Play it and rethink a brainstorm.
Sources for game ideas are all over the place - there’s no limit to what we can imagine, invent, and test with a group—if we’re courageous enough to try. So pay attention. Expand your awareness. Deepen curiosity. And keep your eyes and imagination open.
Remember to also have fun. :)
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Renunciation: A Game of Capitalism and Karma2
Looking for the spiritual journey of a lifetime? Hold onto your butts, travelers. The journey toward enlightenment begins. From the visionary artist behind ‘The Wild Unknown’ comes a board game that requires the winner to lose it all.
In this cutthroat grappling with karma itself—with the help of the game's "Adventure Guide"—players embrace new personas and race up the sacred mountain toward the cave of enlightenment. The problem: This ancient cave must be entered empty-handed. Players start with a bounty of material possessions and must learn to let go of each attachment.
The path up the mountain is full of tricks, slips, backstabs, and sticky fingers. Put fate and free will to the test, avoid the karmic loop (where you could get stuck for the rest of eternity!), and make decisions carefully, considering the cosmic effect you'll have on your allies, enemies, and all humankind. Only you determine your destiny. Only you can lose to win. May good karma be with you—and all who travel the path of Renunciation.
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If you’re wondering, this is not a paid message. I don’t know Kim Krans but I definitely wish I did.
Does it exist an app for smart-fone ? Is it a project ?
I just bought it and I'm super excited to play. PS - how do you become a "game facilitator"? Asking for a friend...