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What is a parlour game?
Posted April 27, 2009
on:Brougère (Jeu et éducation 1995) defines different characteristics to identify a game:
- Rules
- Uncertain results
- Decisions
- Absence of consequences
The word parlour game itself has different meanings:
Parluor Game is the material; the boards, the dices and all the other objects of a game
Parlour Game is the structure; all the rules and mechanisms of the game.
Parlour Game is the action of playing, and each player acts in a particular way.
All games are based either on the relation between the player and the game, or on the playing dynamics among all the players.
This dual relationship always asks to the player a free and open state of mind to enjoy the real spirit of the game, its social activity, its open possibilities, and its unexpected journeys around our elementary social behavior.
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