For Family Literacy Day we thought to develop games related to signs and signals. We began by talking about specialized languages of symbols (signs or images that have meaning by convention) such as hobo signs. We started discussing possible procedures
The n Games 2013
Where: Elm Park, Vancouver-Kerrisdale When: Sunday 8 September 2013, 10am-5pm Cost: Free. Spectators are welcome to bring a lawn chair or blanket Solve for n The n Games is an innovative tournament for teams from different backgrounds. It asks:
Press: Vancouver Is Awesome
Vancouver Is Awesome Locally based artist Germaine Koh introduces League to promote collaboration and problem solving through play. POSTED January 24, 2013 BY Court Overgaauw “Remember being a kid and turning the games you loved on their head by introducing
Upcoming play 27 January — signs & signals
This month’s League play date celebrates Family Literacy Day with games related to signs and signals. The challenge could be to develop an updated set of hobo signs. It could be to play a game whose rules are unspoken, or
TED talks about play
Some TED talks on questions of play, games, improvisation, iteration, and innovation. Stuart Brown: Play is more than fun “A pioneer in research on play, Dr. Stuart Brown says humor, games, roughhousing, flirtation and fantasy are more than just fun.
Played: Sunday 30 December 2012
Going in circles The end of the year seemed to beg for a cyclical theme. We tried out three different games. Cyclada Germaine had been thinking about a game (1) in which the playing field would change shape, and (2)
Why Play?
League was conceived in all seriousness as a forum for playing invented games and sports. (Note: next play date is Sunday 30 December.) Why this focus on play, you ask? Isn’t it a frivolous pursuit? This reaction isn’t unexpected. On
Upcoming play 30 December
Next play date: Sunday 30 December, from noon. Going in circles The world hasn’t ended, and a new year looms, so this date will honour all things cyclical: circles, looping, turning-about, maybe snowballs. Reach out if you have ideas, or
December: Toy Hacking Tuesdays
Get into the spirit of the season by giving new life to an old toy or or new meaning to a broken gadget. League is toy hacking Tuesday evenings in December, from 5pm on. Bring toys and gadgets we can
Weekly highlights: play in urban space
A bunch of projects crossed our desk recently that are all about re-imagining the potential of urban space. 1. Walking East First off, here’s a project that is underway right now, for an undetermined length of time — perhaps a few