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|designer=Simon Katan
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|players=10
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|stuff=Stereo + CD of party music, 7 parcels (3 cuboid, 2 triangular, 2 round), 10 chairs, A3 Card 2 sheets, several sheets of A4 Card, Velcro sticky pads, 2 easles or music stands.
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|crew=One.
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|preparation=2 hours
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|time= 3 mins per round. (Maximum of 7 rounds in a game.)
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|place=anywhere
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|activities=Swimming, bluffing, mental arithmetic.
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== The Game ==
 
== The Game ==
 
High speed strategic team game involving various shaped parcels.
 
High speed strategic team game involving various shaped parcels.
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== Set Up ==
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Make the parcels. Feel free to wrap them in whatever paper you like. Print off and cut up the two sets of cards on different coloured card so that they don't get confused.
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Print off and cut out the large parcel symbols (two of each shape for each team). Stick one half of the velcro pad on the back of each shape. Stock four velcro tabs evenly spread across the centre of long side of the each of A3 cards.
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Set up two rows of 5 chairs facing each other.
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One row has 3 square parcels. The other row has alternating circles and triangles.
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Place one music stand behind each of the rows with the A3 card on it so that it is visible to the opposite row.

Revision as of 13:45, 3 August 2009

Parse the Parcel
Designer: Simon Katan
Year: unknown
Players: 10
Stuff required: Stereo + CD of party music, 7 parcels (3 cuboid, 2 triangular, 2 round), 10 chairs, A3 Card 2 sheets, several sheets of A4 Card, Velcro sticky pads, 2 easles or music stands.
Crew required: One.
Preparation: 2 hours
Time required: 3 mins per round. (Maximum of 7 rounds in a game.)
Place required: anywhere
Activities: Swimming, bluffing, mental arithmetic.
This is a playable game - it's finished, tested and ready to play.
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This game is made available under an Attribution-Noncommercial Creative Commons licence. (What does this mean?)


The Game

High speed strategic team game involving various shaped parcels.

Set Up

Make the parcels. Feel free to wrap them in whatever paper you like. Print off and cut up the two sets of cards on different coloured card so that they don't get confused.

Print off and cut out the large parcel symbols (two of each shape for each team). Stick one half of the velcro pad on the back of each shape. Stock four velcro tabs evenly spread across the centre of long side of the each of A3 cards.

Set up two rows of 5 chairs facing each other.

One row has 3 square parcels. The other row has alternating circles and triangles.

Place one music stand behind each of the rows with the A3 card on it so that it is visible to the opposite row.