Category Archives: game

Learning to Cheat Without Breaking the Rules, Part 2: Frameworks for Cheating

Posted on December 24, 2011 by metatim

For the same reason as in Part 1, these posts are illustrated using the Hand of Fate: Comic Strip Playing Cards by Karen Rubins. In the first part I explained how a sequence of games taught me to become comfortable … Continue reading →

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Learning to Cheat Without Breaking the Rules, Part 1: Games about Lying

Posted on November 3, 2011 by metatim

For no particular reason, these posts are illustrated using the Hand of Fate: Comic Strip Playing Cards by Karen Rubins. At the recent Sandpit event at the National Maritime Museum, I played a game called Schooner or Later by The … Continue reading →

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A Game Based on Cheese Sandwiches

Posted on August 8, 2011 by metatim

After being blown away by a Sandpit event in 2009, getting very competitive at Time*Trails at the 2010 Hide&Seek Weekender as team Fruitbat, and having all sorts of weird and wonderful experiences at other Hide&Seek events, it was time to … Continue reading →

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