Together
Card Game
1974 (manufactured)
1974 (manufactured)
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The strategy game and the race game are the two main types of board game. The race game appears in all sorts of guises: educational, moral, competitive and fun. A race game involves two or more players competing against each other in order to win.
However, this is a co-operative game, which encourages teamwork, creative thinking and problem solving. 'Together' was made by Family Pastimes; a small family business who make the games in small quantities as a labour of love in their farm house in Canada. They believe that children should 'play as friends, not as enemies' so the games they produce help foster the spirit of co-operation. They claim that the initial impulse to play a game is social and believe it is ironic that in most games we spend all our effort competing against one another.
However, this is a co-operative game, which encourages teamwork, creative thinking and problem solving. 'Together' was made by Family Pastimes; a small family business who make the games in small quantities as a labour of love in their farm house in Canada. They believe that children should 'play as friends, not as enemies' so the games they produce help foster the spirit of co-operation. They claim that the initial impulse to play a game is social and believe it is ironic that in most games we spend all our effort competing against one another.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 5 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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| Title | Together (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Card and paper |
| Brief description | A co-operative game 'Together' made by Family Pastimes in Canada in 1974 |
| Physical description | Boxed card game. A white cardboard box with an orange pattern on it. The title 'Together: a co-operative game' is printed across the front in black text. Two sets of cards; one blue and one yellow. They are rectangular and each have an illustration and a word printed in black ink. The yellow set represent 'good' traits such as kindness and medicine whilst the blue cards show 'negative' traits such as crime and famine. There are 47 yellow cards and 23 blue cards. The playing pieces are each a small coloured square. The colours include white, green, black, blue, yellow and orange. Blue sheet of paper folded in half with instructions printed on in black ink. A white sheet of paper folded in half with instructions printed on it in black text. |
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| Credit line | Given by Ann Garrett |
| Object history | This game was given to the museum along with other games by Ann Garret in 2009. They belonged to Bob Dixon, the well known poet, author and peace activist. He was born on 29th November 1931 and died on the 4th October 2008. Publications by him included 'Catching Them Young', 'Now Read On', 'Agitpoems', 'Playing Them False', 'More Agitation', 'Make Capitalism History' and 'The Wrong'. |
| Summary | The strategy game and the race game are the two main types of board game. The race game appears in all sorts of guises: educational, moral, competitive and fun. A race game involves two or more players competing against each other in order to win. However, this is a co-operative game, which encourages teamwork, creative thinking and problem solving. 'Together' was made by Family Pastimes; a small family business who make the games in small quantities as a labour of love in their farm house in Canada. They believe that children should 'play as friends, not as enemies' so the games they produce help foster the spirit of co-operation. They claim that the initial impulse to play a game is social and believe it is ironic that in most games we spend all our effort competing against one another. |
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| Accession number | B.134:1 to 5-2009 |
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| Record created | February 16, 2010 |
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