I'd be down to do this activity again in 2 or 3 weeks.
Great results, overall, altough there's a bit too much text and informations on maps, which certainly led to less random outcome.
I love all of these maps too - Alex's and Upvote's especially. I'm going to have to dissent on the "too much text on maps" issue though - I prefer it when the next person is informed as to what the map they're looking at actually shows, and has some other details about the timeline. That way their map is consistent with the previous one, rather than being based on incorrect assumptions and thus possibly being in a totally different timeline.
I will comment on this as an outsider (I think all of the map are quite nice, for the record):
1.Many of the more interesting idea that emerged from this game IMO occurred because of a lack of information. Upvoteanthology probably wouldn't have made a massive Indian Empire had they not mistaken Reagant's Armenian ethnic group for Indian. If Zalezsky explained thoroughly the intentions and aftershocks of Zunbil's conquests, then you couldn't have been able to create Zunism.
2. This may be a naming issues, but this activity is being advertised as "Map Telephone". The entire fun in telephone is seeing the phrase become garbled up with each transfer, which, I think, is where the interesting ideas referenced previously come from: the miscommunication, rather than the correct communication.
All of this really depends on what the activity is intended to be; It is a group of people working together collaboratively on a story (Then why hide the intended context?) or is the intention to see how the ideas warp through the different methods of conveying them?
Great idea for a concept, I wasn't aware this game had a French name so I have learned something there.
I think it would work better with somewhat simpler maps though. Perhaps it could also be done with flags instead/as well?
Yeah, you'd have to come up with a balance on how much information is conveyed. If they do a flag it could perhaps be done as a page from a flag book where the country name is underneath and you can see a bit of the surrounding ones for more hints.The upside of maps is that they allow a wider representation of this reality. But they are quite taxing to make, so it makes the contest more exclusive (not in the good sense of the word, I mean). So the idea of combining them sounds good, perhaps people can choose which one to make? But if they make a flag maybe they should provide some contextual information about it or at least the name of the polity represented by the flag?
I was working on another, actually payed, project and as I'm more productive early on the morning...actually LS, how do you manage to be awake at 6 am? -
There's a difference between téléphone arabe (telephone, chinese) and cadavre exquis.Great idea for a concept, I wasn't aware this game had a French name so I have learned something there.
And pass the opportunity to show off?I think it would work better with somewhat simpler maps though.
I think it exists as a variant there, as in each people adding an element to the flag. However, it often ends with overloaded flags, which is rarely pretty.Perhaps it could also be done with flags instead/as well?
I'm skeptical : would it be only because we may be using different softwares, and that it wouldn't be either fair or interesting to limit contest to "users of X/Y/Z".So the idea of combining them sounds good, perhaps people can choose which one to make?
I was working on another, actually payed, project and as I'm more productive early on the morning...
It's generally that I'm awake for a good part of the day for some time, and that eventually I've to sleep more than usual to recover. It works on cycles.
I'm skeptical : would it be only because we may be using different softwares, and that it wouldn't be either fair or interesting to limit contest to "users of X/Y/Z".
Looking it up, I've been familiar with what cadavre exquis is for years - I came across it in a kids' Christmas activity book years ago - but I've never heard that French name or where it comes from. I remember playing it with my grandma in the early 90s in fact.There's a difference between téléphone arabe (telephone, chinese) and cadavre exquis.
The first is about transmitting something that get lost in transmission, and the other is about beggining something, and letting the other deal with the following.
I think this is much closer to a cadavre exquis than telephone.
Not really : as I said, it works by cycles. I can be quite awake by early morning, or even not really sleep by night and still be largely functional by day.Ah, right. So you're one of those mythical "morning person" creatures. I thought you were a myth, like oompa loompas or leprechauns.
Surrealists are an interesting bunch. And by interesting, I mean weird. And by weird, I mean surrealist.Also, I'm loving the "exquisite corpse" name. Very poetic.
Looking it up, I've been familiar with what cadavre exquis is for years - I came across it in a kids' Christmas activity book years ago - but I've never heard that French name or where it comes from. I remember playing it with my grandma in the early 90s in fact.
That said, I'm half suspecting that say to child or an old woman "Who wants to do an exquisite corpse" would receive a particularly worried attention.
Good work all round I think, I'd definitely be up for another round in a few weeks, and would be alright with a word limit for the map if we decided on that.