Strawberries Beyond My Window:Games of Association for Opening the Door to Creativity and Communication
a book by Waltraud Kirschke
Waltraud Kirschke investigates the history and background of the associative cards in the OH genre. Various individual decks and their unique themes are described and discussed, as well as portrayed within the larger framework of the genre.
The book is alive with practical suggestions for using the cards, plus personal reports from a wide variety of card-users, both private and professional, from many different countries and cultures.
“How best to write about a genre of games whose progress and goals depend on the players themselves, a genre without fixed rules? How to write about games that become their most exciting when the cards comprising their material actually become superfluous as among the players a unique and never-to-be-repeated process of play is brought into being?”
~ Waltraud Kirschke, from the Forward
Black and white + colour illustrations. 136 pages. Published by OH Publishing.
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Articles and further information about this deck:
- Synchronicity
Cards drawn sight unseen can actually seem to reflect the life situation of the player who drew them, with an unexpected accuracy.
- ECCO Helps Children Through Trauma
An educational trainer in Israel discovers that ECCO cards are key in helping children who've been traumatized by terrorist activities.
- A Grammar Lesson with OH Cards
A 6th grade grammar teacher uses SAGA and original OH for a grammar lesson.
- MORENÁ with Six-Year-Olds
A teacher uses the MORENÁ cards to spark six-year-olds to discuss jungle life.
- PERSONA for Reconciliation
How three psychologist experts used PERSONA cards to facilitate reconciliation.
