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A simple card game that helps you create more meaningful and nourishing connection with others.

There are no winners or losers in The Connection Game! It's simply about enjoying the simple act of seeing, understanding, appreciating and connecting with others at a deeper level. 110 beautifully designed cards are divided into four categories that explore different ways of relating: verbal, physical, play & moments to pause. Invite some friends over, take the cards to a gathering or play over dinner, one-to-one!
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Funding period
9/1/21 - 9/26/21
Realisation
October
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Minimum amount (Start level): 7,777 €

The money raised will be used for getting 500 copies of The Connection Game printed and sent in custom made velvet pouches to their new happy owners.

City
Berlin
Category
Games
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What is this project all about?

Have you ever felt like conversations remain more shallow than you'd like with people? Or left a gathering feeling drained, rather than nourished?

The Connection Game is an easy way to make connection easy, fun and deep.

There are four categories:

Connecting through verbal questions
Connecting through the body
Connecting through play
Invitations to pause & integrate

Players (between 2 and 10) are invited to lay all the cards down and go around picking up a card up one by one and following the instruction. A stop card offers the possibility to move on to a different invitation, if desired. It's also possible to just use the verbal question cards, and play over dinner.

The cards are designed to bridge the spectrum between playful and profound, and sometimes also meet you at your vulnerability edge.

Created by Ruby May and designed by Louka Leppard, The Connection Game also includes questions from a range of other talented facilitators in the realms of human connection:

Adam Wilder - Founder of 'Togetherness' and 'Shhh Dating'
Jamie Catto - Facilitator, Author & Sacred Fool
Gayatri - Tantra teacher & Founder of 'Pleasure for the Planet'
Kai Ehrhardt - Founder of the Somatic Academy & Authentic Eros
Gregor Steinmaurer - Relationship Coach, Trauma Specialist & Groupwork Facilitator
Maegan Gorbett - Open Floor facilitator & Ritualist
Daniel Hayes - Founder of 'Touch & Play'
Wilrieke Sophia - Intimacy Activist & Founder of 'Cuddle Workshops International'
Simon Paul Sutton - Facilitator, Relationship Coach & Author
Louka Leppard - Bodyworker & Founder of Tula Yoga
Ronan Harrington - International Speaker, Thought Leader & Connection Facilitator
Amy Rachelle - Breathwork Facilitator & co-initiator of the ASHA community
Ron Bunzl - Poet, Theatre & Improvisation teacher

What is the project goal and who is the project for?

The Connection Game is for any English speaker with a little life experience, interested in connecting with others more deeply.

Why would you support this project?

Let's create a world with more nourishing and intimate connection!

Rather than being isolated individual units as we may have been led to believe, WE ARE OUR RELATIONSHIPS! The pandemic especially, has shown so many of us how we need nurturing connection in order to thrive. Simply put: WE NEED CONNECTION.

Many of us feel unfulfilled or a sense of missed potential with the level of connection in our lives. It can be challenging to create the depth of connection we desire, or we go to workshops or festivals to get our 'dose' of connection (which is not often financially sustainable, or possible through the pandemic), or our nervous systems feel overwhelmed in such large and intense settings.

The Connection Game offers the possibility to create nourishing, playful and meaningful moments and memories between you and your friends and loved ones, or become a gateway to making new friends!

How will we use the money if the project is successfully funded?

4310 EUR: printing 500 limited editions copies
230 EUR: 500 red velvet pouches
189 EUR: packaging
132 EUR: promotional gifts
140 EUR: domain & 1 year website hosting
150 EUR: design & uploading support
467 EUR: Startnext Fees
2159 EUR: Unexpected costs + Ruby's Salary

= 7777 EUR

Who are the people behind the project?

Ruby May
Louka Leppard
Adam Wilder
Gayatri
Jamie Catto
Kai Ehrhardt
Maegan Gorbett
Daniel Hayes
Wilrieke Sophia
Simon Paul Sutton
Ronan Harrington
Amy Rachelle
Ron Bunzel
Gregor Steinmaurer

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Ruby May
Wolfsgartenstr 44
12555 Berlin Deutschland
USt-IdNr.: DE291856048
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