Our Vacation (GDR)

Our Vacation is a "geostationary" game that remains in one place through time and can have any number of players. Players sit down with the book, cut and tape and write for as long as they like, be it a minute or fifteen, then move on. This game is ideal for a situation where you are sharing a space with roommates or family! You'll need scissors, tape or paste, and markers. This is best played out of the print book but a printed PDF would work as well. Players will take a 'found' photo album and immerse themselves in it, generating the story of a couple on a vacation. Each page is edged with words taken from "Great American road novels", these cut out and paired with the banal photos in the book. When three prompts have been taped by a photo another player may write a memory about that photo in the available space using the prompts to guide their creativity. The game can take days or weeks or months.