The Blackie / Great Georges Community Cultural Project

 

Available from the Blackie Bookshop

________________________________________________________________________

 

 

Games For The

New Years

A DIY Guide To Games

For The 21st Century

 

 

                                       Bill Harpe

 

 

 

 

 

In the later part of the 20th Century we became increasingly aware that we are “the food we eat”. This guide is informed by the idea that as we move into the 21st Century we will become increasingly aware that “we are the games we play”.

 

Recipe books for dishes drawn from around the world are now widely available. This guide is something new. This guide is a recipe book for games drawing upon cultures from around the world. But this guide does more than introduce and describe games which you may wish to play. This guide also describes simple and basic structures which will enable you to devise your own games.

 

Games created and played as a result of using this guide may be extremely varied. They may be sedentary or active. They may be played by grandparents and by grandchildren, and by disabled and non-disabled players. They may be played at home or in the park ; in a school or college ; as part of a training  (or retraining programme ; or for special occasions. But they will all have something in common. None of the games will, as so many games do, set players against one another in an image of warfare (games as the embodiment of “warfare without weapons”). They will, nonetheless, be very challenging games, with the players exercising all their skills (including communication skills) in the pursuit of a common purpose. They will be creative and co-operative games. They will be games in the image of peace.

 

 

“These games improve skills and develop teamwork”

John Barnes, ex – International footballer

 

“These games are a surprise, an education, and a delight to

 both the children and the teachers in my school”

Mo Rahilly, head teacher

 

“These games generate creativity”

Meridith Monk, artist

 

 

 

 

Price :  £10.00 UK  16 Euros  $14.00 US  £21.00 CN  $26.00 AUS

 

ISBN 0-9540621-0-8

 

 

For more information about this book, please select one of the following;

 

·        Press Release

 

·        Sample Chapter – Upside-down children’s games.

 

·        Order form

 

·        Author’s biography

 

 

For more information about the Blackie, the project from which the games originated, click here

 

 

 

 

For more information, and to feed back thoughts and ideas, contact:

 

The Blackie

Great Georges Community Cultural Project

Great George Street

Liverpool L1 5EW

England

 

Tel (44) (0) 151 709 5109

Minicom/fax (44) (0) 151709 4822

e-mail gamesforthe21stcentury@theblackie.org.uk

 

 

 

 

The Blackie is a not-for-profit organisation and registered as a charity in England and Wales (Charity No.501859).  Income for the sale of this guide will contribute to the further exploration of games. The Blackie continues to seek sponsorship and support for the programme of activities.