- Dear Player, The Crossword Imaginary Grid Game found you for a reason.
- The aim of this game is to create a crossword grid with your hands and explore a part of the Glossary of Productive Play.
- There is a printed grid for you here, but if you want more, visit the website of this Special Issue.
- Take some time (leisure or productive?), place the pieces on a surface, on a wall, on your bed, on your cat's body.. and start playing!
- "Position the coded papers to recreate the grid. Follow the following scheme for every category:"
- |-
The aim of this game is
to create a crossword
grid with your hands
and explore a part
of the Glossary
of Productive Play.
- |-
There is a printed grid
for you here, but if you
want more, visit the
website of this
Special Issue.
- |-
Take some time (leisure
or productive?), place
the pieces on a surface,
on a wall, on your bed,
on your cat's body..
and start playing!
- |-
Position the coded
papers to recreate
the grid. Follow
the following scheme
for every category:
- img: imaginarygrid_structure.jpg
alt: ""
@ -16,13 +38,26 @@ contents:
- 1. A code (e.g. B7), composed of a letter and a number, defines the position in the imaginary grid.
- 2. The papers with the clues are not to be used during the grid's construction.
- 3. A content category gathers all the definitions that are part of the same crossword (e.g. loot box).
- 4. The papers having the same code could represent an intersection or the presence of two definitions, one going down and the other across.
- |-
4. The papers having
the same code
could represent
an intersection or
the presence of two
definitions, one
going down and the
other across.
- Find out which is which!
- "If you don't know the word, don't stress yourself out: these crosswords are meant to teach while having fun."
- Yes, you heard that well, you are experiencing Productive Play! Enjoy the time you are taking for yourself! It's okay not to finish it, it's okay to give up, it's okay to still be happy with it."
- Yes, you heard that well, you are experiencing Productive Play! Enjoy the time you are taking for yourself! It's okay not to finish it, it's okay to give up, it's okay to still be happy with it.
- "And if you are really unsatisfied, just call some friends and have some fun together!"
- "Remember, these are just instructions not to get lost. But it's okay to get lost. Get lost sometimes."
- |-
Remember, these are
just instructions not
to get lost. But it's
okay to get lost.
Get lost sometimes.
- word: Democracy
definition: A form of government in which the people govern themselves, usually by electing bodies of representatives.
@ -97,25 +132,41 @@ contents:
category: Ideology
- word: Cost
definition: The price given to objects to be acquired, produced, accomplished, or maintained.
definition: |-
The price given to
objects to be acquired, produced, maintained, or accomplished.
direction: V
start: J1
category: Loot Box
- word: Exclusive
definition: Available to only a few people because users have a limited time frame to obtain the loot box.
definition: |-
Available to only a few
people because users
have a limited time
frame to obtain the
loot box.
direction: H
start: L4
category: Loot Box
- word: Collectible
definition: Something that is considered valuable because kept as part of a group of similar objects.
definition: |-
Something that is
considered valuable
because kept as part
of a group of
similar objects.
direction: H
start: J1
category: Loot Box
- word: Addictive
definition: That causes a strong and harmful need to regularly have or do something.
definition: |-
That causes a strong
and harmful need to
regularly have or
do something.
direction: H
start: R2
category: Loot Box
@ -139,7 +190,12 @@ contents:
category: Loot Box
- word: Exploitative
definition: When a company is taking unfair or unethical advantage of a person (a user) or a situation for profit.
