Discussion - Member to Member Sales - Research Center
Discussion - Member to Member Sales - Research Center
In the past we've had games like these:
• 20 Questions -- Members get to ask 20 questions, answerable only with a yes or a no, to identify a particular stamp that they haven't seen. Believe it or not, with the right questions it can be done quite easily.
• Kim's Game, based on an episode in the Rudyard Kipling novel, Kim. Game organizers lay out numerous philatelic and collateral objects on a table and invite members to study them, without taking notes, for 10 minutes. Then members return to their tables, the objects are covered up with a cloth, and members try to list as many of the objects as they can.
• Using PowerPoint or Apple's Keynote, project images that show progressively more detail in different stamps. Each person who first identifies a given stamp earns a point.
• Not a game, but a debate: We had a good one based on the proposition that CTO's are collectible and deserve a better reputation.
• I haven't tried this, but might: Divide the members into small groups and give each group a pile of worldwide stamps. Their job is to study the stamps and suggest various collections that could be developed starting with the stamps in the pile.
So, do you have some suggestions? I'd love to have more ideas.
Bob
(Message edited by Bobstamp on August 07, 2010)
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we've listed either attributes or things specific to a stamp or stamp-issuing entity and have people guess what country it represents. this can be currency, name of country in its own letters, or images used solely by that country
Agree with Dan that a catalogue of activities would be good
David
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This looks like fun ... I think I will cut up a stamp ( photographically ) and see how long it takes for someone to guess it with "yes" or "no" answers only ... now to do some research on what stamp to use ... Perry
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Another game involves photocopying lots of stamps onto one sheet of paper, but covering up the denominations. Everyone has to fill in the denomination of the stamp. Whoever gets the most correct wins the game. Ours have been US stamps because most of the collectors in our club have US collections, but it could be done with stamps from any country. It's fun, but can also be rather humbling....
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Lots of good ideas here. Thanks for helping.
A variation on Perry's game is to digitally reveal a stamp a tiny part at a time until someone identifies the stamp.
A variation of Smaier's game is to cover any parts of the stamp that reveal information, and ask specific questions about the stamp. Here's a sample from a quiz I designed a couple of years ago:
Bob
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Here's an idea our stamp club used for a Christmas meeting:
Each member received a sheet of paper showing common Australian decimal stamps, with the denominations obliterated. These were basic letter rate stamps. We had to fill in the missing value. It was amazing how badly most of us fared.
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We did one at our club that was both fun and educational. We made up a sheet with many of the country names in the language of the country. Whoever got the most won. Ones like Magyar and Helvetia were pretty easy but ones like Korea and some of the midlle eastern countries were much harder.
I had a booklet of games at one time that was from the APS I think. If I can find it, I will post it but you might try there.
Jack Leiby (stampmanjack)
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Have any Stamporama members enjoyed philatelic games at club meetings? My fellow members enjoy them, but I need some new ideas.
In the past we've had games like these:
• 20 Questions -- Members get to ask 20 questions, answerable only with a yes or a no, to identify a particular stamp that they haven't seen. Believe it or not, with the right questions it can be done quite easily.
• Kim's Game, based on an episode in the Rudyard Kipling novel, Kim. Game organizers lay out numerous philatelic and collateral objects on a table and invite members to study them, without taking notes, for 10 minutes. Then members return to their tables, the objects are covered up with a cloth, and members try to list as many of the objects as they can.
• Using PowerPoint or Apple's Keynote, project images that show progressively more detail in different stamps. Each person who first identifies a given stamp earns a point.
• Not a game, but a debate: We had a good one based on the proposition that CTO's are collectible and deserve a better reputation.
• I haven't tried this, but might: Divide the members into small groups and give each group a pile of worldwide stamps. Their job is to study the stamps and suggest various collections that could be developed starting with the stamps in the pile.
So, do you have some suggestions? I'd love to have more ideas.
Bob
(Message edited by Bobstamp on August 07, 2010)
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re: Stamp games to play at clubs, boy scouts, etc.
we've listed either attributes or things specific to a stamp or stamp-issuing entity and have people guess what country it represents. this can be currency, name of country in its own letters, or images used solely by that country
Agree with Dan that a catalogue of activities would be good
David
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re: Stamp games to play at clubs, boy scouts, etc.
This looks like fun ... I think I will cut up a stamp ( photographically ) and see how long it takes for someone to guess it with "yes" or "no" answers only ... now to do some research on what stamp to use ... Perry
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re: Stamp games to play at clubs, boy scouts, etc.
Another game involves photocopying lots of stamps onto one sheet of paper, but covering up the denominations. Everyone has to fill in the denomination of the stamp. Whoever gets the most correct wins the game. Ours have been US stamps because most of the collectors in our club have US collections, but it could be done with stamps from any country. It's fun, but can also be rather humbling....
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re: Stamp games to play at clubs, boy scouts, etc.
Lots of good ideas here. Thanks for helping.
A variation on Perry's game is to digitally reveal a stamp a tiny part at a time until someone identifies the stamp.
A variation of Smaier's game is to cover any parts of the stamp that reveal information, and ask specific questions about the stamp. Here's a sample from a quiz I designed a couple of years ago:
Bob
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10:25:29pm
re: Stamp games to play at clubs, boy scouts, etc.
Here's an idea our stamp club used for a Christmas meeting:
Each member received a sheet of paper showing common Australian decimal stamps, with the denominations obliterated. These were basic letter rate stamps. We had to fill in the missing value. It was amazing how badly most of us fared.
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10:52:47pm
re: Stamp games to play at clubs, boy scouts, etc.
We did one at our club that was both fun and educational. We made up a sheet with many of the country names in the language of the country. Whoever got the most won. Ones like Magyar and Helvetia were pretty easy but ones like Korea and some of the midlle eastern countries were much harder.
I had a booklet of games at one time that was from the APS I think. If I can find it, I will post it but you might try there.
Jack Leiby (stampmanjack)
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