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GameJul 1st, 2017

This game is designed to allow participants to experience and reflect on what it's like when two cultures merge.

As participants arrive, ask them to take a cup and 20 chips and to take a seat around one of the tables.

We’re going to play a simple game.
One of you will be the dice roller
When the dice land, everyone else must perform an appropriate action. The slowest to react and perform the action must give some chips to the dice roller.
The number of chips due is defined by the number on the die
The person to the left of the dice roller, is now the dice roller.
If you are out of chips, you are out of the game until it’s your turn to be the dice roller.

In 8 or 9 minutes I will take back the instructions
You have until then learn the actions and practice the game before we play it for real. Go!

Who were the winners from round 1?
- What was it like to join a new table in round 2?
- How welcome did you feel?
- In round 2, what was it like when a new player joined your tables?
- How did you feel about that person?
Who were the winners from round 2?
- Did you approach changing teams in round 3 differently?
- When someone joined your table in round 3, did you do anything differently?
- What could you have done differently?

Merging cultures is hard, requiring focused and dedicated effort
People will naturally assume that elements of their previous culture are true for one that they are joining
Some cultural rules will be common, whereas others will be completely different
Culture, and the rule systems supporting it are often entirely implicit to those within the culture
When we make elements of culture explicit and visual, the effort required to join is radically reduced