The floor is lava : and 99 more games for everyone, everywhere

Title:

Author:

Brett, Ivan,

ISBN:

9781982116187

Edition:

First gallery books trade paperback edition.

Publication Date:

2019

Physical Description:

xi, 260 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Language:

English

Subject Term:

Games.

Group games.

General Note:

Includes index.

Summary:

"With 100 games to start a party, ideas to trigger conversation, storytelling setups, and fiendish puzzles--no materials required--The Floor Is Lava is a how-to for turning screen-free time into quality time. Put down the phone and pick up the fun! Analogplay is known to stimulate imaginative thinking, problem solving, and interpersonal connection. However, games only seem to exist on screen now and quality time spent together--in person--is rarer than ever. The Floor Is Lava is perfect for anyone looking to disconnect from technology and spend some quality time with family or friends. Packed with one hundred screen-free games, it's the necessary antidote to digital overload and the answer to every occasion: - hosting a party - long car rides - cooling off on summer days - sitting around the dinner table - holiday gatherings - rainy days The best part is, you don't need anything to play. So what are you waiting for? Jump up and get started--the floor is lava!"--

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With 100 games to start a party, ideas to trigger conversation, storytelling setups, and fiendish puzzles--no materials required --The Floor Is Lava is a how-to for turning screen-free time into quality time.

Put down the phone and pick up the fun!

Analog play is known to stimulate imaginative thinking, problem solving, and interpersonal connection. However, games only seem to exist on screen now and quality time spent together--in person--is rarer than ever.

The Floor Is Lava is perfect for anyone looking to disconnect from technology and spend some time with family or friends. Packed with one hundred screen-free games, it's the necessary antidote to digital overload and the answer to every occasion:

- hosting a party
- long car rides
- cooling off on summer days
- sitting around the dinner table
- holiday gatherings
- rainy days

The best part is, you don't need anything to play. So what are you waiting for? Jump up and get started--the floor is lava!

Introduction	p. ix
1 Traffic Jams	p. 1
Car Cricket	p. 2
Sail the Seven Seas	p. 4
Where's Voldemort?	p. 5
Destination Sentences	p. 7
1-2-3-Spy	p. 9
I've Just Seen...	p. 11
Cat Eats Mouse	p. 13
How Did Liverpool Get Its Name?	p. 15
Reg!	p. 17
I'm in Business	p. 19
2 The Kitchen Table	p. 21
Crambo	p. 22
Kim's Game	p. 24
Please Pass the ...	p. 25
Shut Your Eyes	p. 27
Boink!	p. 28
King Henry VIII's Banquet	p. 30
Six Degrees of Separation	p. 32
What's My Line?	p. 34
Seat Memory	p. 36
Hardest Game in the World	p. 39
3 Long, Hot Summer	p. 41
Twenty-One Dares	p. 42
Murder in Paradise	p. 44
Preposition I-Spy	p. 47
Don't Finish the Word!	p. 49
Top Ten of Everything	p. 51
Story Tornado	p. 53
Stupid Superheroes	p. 55
What's It Worth?	p. 58
Genre Bender	p. 60
Avagat	p. 62
4 One-On-One	p. 65
Reflect Me	p. 66
Blindfold Game	p. 68
Squiggle Challenge	p. 70
Fortunately/Unfortunately	p. 71
Control the Robot	p. 73
Boxes	p. 75
Dice Soccer	p. 77
Switch!	p. 80
Hangman Mastermind	p. 82
Lego Challenge	p. 84
5 Party Time	p. 87
Clap Clap SQUAWK	p. 88
Zip Bong	p. 90
Bang!	p. 92
Co-Op Musical Islands	p. 94
Squashed Sardines	p. 96
Who's the Leader?	p. 98
Chappy Tomato	p. 100
Locked Box	p. 102
Mafia	p. 104
Pat Clap Click Click	p. 108
6 Cabin Fever	p. 111
Sniffer Dog	p. 112
Endless Sentence	p. 113
Pan Tapping	p. 116
Silly Word Snowballs	p. 117
The Floor Is Lava	p. 119
The Silent Game	p. 120
Disregarded Things	p. 121
Monsters of the Nook and Cranny	p. 122
Jumble	p. 124
Double Acrostic	p. 126
7 Long Games For Long Journeys	p. 129
The Questions Game	p. 130
Buzz Words	p. 132
Glom!	p. 134
Yes/No/Black/White	p. 136
Adjectival Animals	p. 138
Similelarly	p. 140
Celebritables	p. 143
Essence	p. 144
No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Die	p. 146
RPGs (Role-Playing Games)	p. 148
8 After Dinner	p. 153
1,000 Blank White Cards	p. 154
Category Scramble	p. 159
Would You Rather?	p. 162
Wavy Gravy	p. 164
Two Truths and a Lie	p. 166
No More Dogs	p. 169
Acrophobia	p. 171
Fictionary	p. 173
Botticelli	p. 175
Hunt for the Pair	p. 177
9 A Very Merry Christmas	p. 181
One-Word Story	p. 182
Twenty Questions (aka Animal, Vegetable, Mineral)	p. 184
Say What You See	p. 187
The Exquisite Corpse	p. 189
Identity Crisis	p. 191
Letter Links	p. 193
First Lines	p. 195
Consequences	p. 198
Brian! Brian?	p. 201
Blabbermouth	p. 203
10 Just Chill Out	p. 207
Word Association	p. 208
Why?	p. 210
Fit-It	p. 212
A-Z of	p. 214
Word Ladders	p. 216
Right on Target	p. 218
Ten-to-One Story	p. 220
Grow a Word	p. 222
Write Against the Odds	p. 224
Talk Like Shakespeare	p. 226
Appendix	p. 229
Acknowledgments	p. 253
Index	p. 255

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