Playful Strategy Weekly: Man, Play, and Games 2.1 "Paidia"
Channel:  Ice Cream for Everyone - Willem van der Horst
Date: 03/09/2020

Playful Strategy Weekly is an Ice Cream for Everyone series of short videos in which I share elements, thoughts, and illustrations from a variety of play related books and articles I read. 

We are still examining Roger Caillois' book Man, Play, and Games, on to now understanding how he proceeded to inquire into classifications of games and play. He begins with a broad spectrum with two opposed concepts, and on one of the spectrum we have the idea of "Paidia" which holds all the free-form, unstructured, leisurely, and spontaneous aspects of play. I illustrate with a couple of party games from my collection, and with a Disney movie, to change from adverts.

Cards Against Humanity: https://www.cardsagainsthumanity.com/
Joking Hazard: http://www.jokinghazardgame.com/
Alice in Wonderland trailer (1951): https://youtu.be/vTOYL4-rz1Q

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