On October 8th, 2011, I had the privilege to take part in playing the 1st annual life-sized Morphology game.
The event was put on by Morphology creator Kate Ryan Reiling, with the help of artist William Cravis and a team from Marbles: The Brain Store.
It was held at the Walker Art Center Sculpture Garden in Minneapolis right next to (quite appropriately) the GIANT spoon.
The rules were altered a bit for brevity and safety (read: no blindfolded building with giant popsicle sticks in a crowd of over 60 next to a little pond), but the concept was the same – you (the Morphologist) have 60 seconds for your team to guess the word(s) on your card by manipulating giant pawns, popsicle sticks, rope, marbles/beach balls, cubes, and a barrel.
Here is one family website's advice to game developers – if you have a game that you think might be fun SUPER SIZED, then do it! It adds a game play element that really is unforgettable. Same goes for you game players out there – if you have a game that you like to play and the chance to play a GIANT version of it, then do it!
Some of us came from already being fans of the game on Facebook, some people came from a MeetUp listing, and others were just walking by and wanted to see what the heck was going on.
Here is a shot of the winning team, the Master Morphologists if you will:
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| Way to go, Team Yellow! |
Very cool!
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