{"id":13645,"date":"2013-12-26T02:00:09","date_gmt":"2013-12-26T09:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=13645"},"modified":"2013-12-02T18:30:42","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T01:30:42","slug":"best-new-games-play-it-great-group-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/best-new-games-play-it-great-group-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Best New Games * Play It! * Great Group Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Get off your screen and come have fun! Run around, chase a ball, make a face, best your friend, be silly, make up a game. When you run out of ideas, here are some more.<\/p>\n

New games were invented by Stewart Brand in the 1970s to introduce cooperation and open-ended play into overly competitive games. These type of games like to unfold outdoors, involve large groups of people (5 -50), include all abilities. In contrast to sports games none of them require equipment, and everyone wins. The main point of these games is simply to keep fun going as long as possible. Dale LeFevre has been running new games for 30 years and has collected the best of them here in Best New Games<\/em>. Playing some of these 77 games has been the most fun I’ve had in years. Good for family reunions, scouts, school picnics, summer campgrounds.<\/p>\n

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Play It!<\/em> is a densely packed book of game ideas for youth groups — church, camp or school. Many of these might better be described as activities, such as scavenger hunts, or role playing situations. They depend on easily gathered props, but also require some preplanning and set up. They are not as spontaneous, but kids love them.<\/p>\n

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Small groups benefit from playing games together, so a cottage industry has emerged to lead games for organizational and business teams. A deliberate sequence of games starting with fun icebreakers, then onto ones building trust, and ending with celebration games can strengthen teamwork. The best selection I’ve seen for “serious play” games are in Great Group Games<\/em>. Suggested game options are grouped by their function in the “learning” sequence. In a business setting these team-building games require the right tactful facilitator (not the boss!) to lead, but many of them also work fine informally with a family or friends.<\/p>\n

Come on, put that screen down!<\/p>\n

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