Someone Is The Poison

This is a game about trying to form communities and the difficulties in doing so. It is best played at a convention or large-scale event, with 100+ participants. Designed to be "encountered" at the event, participants who are intrigued can pick p the basic envelopes of materials and start playing straight away. The game is played alongside whatever your event is, and participants who have opted-in are identified by simple badges. Participants are encouraged by the game to look out for each other and share a small interaction when they spot each other, and it is these many small interactions that make the game's ecosystem come alive.

Someone Is The Poison is a game about joy, frustration, and energy. The prospective participants approach a table, with small envelopes of game materials, and a limited amount of Joy. Those with high Joy can collect more, sharing it around to empower the community as a whole. But there are also those with no Joy, who leech it out of the community in every interaction.

This is a game that came out of my frustrations at having tried to build and hold together several communities in the gaming, political and environmental spaces.