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Manhattan Story Mashup

Monday, August 28th, 2006

Concept

Approximately 250 players will move around Manhattan, taking photos which match a given target. Targets are words from stories, written by visitors on the Manhattan Story Mashup website while the game goes on. The resulting illustrated stories are shown on large public signs in Times Square in real-time and on Manhattan Story Mashup.

Location: Times Square
Start Time: Saturday, Sept 23 from 12 PM
Duration: 2 hours
Genre: Photo Hunt

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Identity

Monday, August 14th, 2006

Concept

Identity is a large-scale social game of secret organizations, covert intelligence, suspicion, trust, cooperation and betrayal. Over the course of three days, five teams will compete for world domination. The goal of the game is to discover which players belong to which team, without allowing your own allegiance to become known.

Location: Everywhere
Start Time: Friday Sept 22 at 8:00 PM.
Duration: 3 days
Players: 50-200
Genre: Social
Sign-up: Sign up at Eyebeam any time during the first two days of the festival.

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Plundr

Monday, August 14th, 2006

Concept

Plundr is a location-based game of piracy and black market trading. Start out as a bilge-spewing land-lubber in a leaky tub, explore the real world in search of riches and infamy, upgrade your vessel into a mighty warship and amass a fortune in ill-gotten goods. Arrrrr!

Location: Everywhere
Start Time: Friday Sept 22 at 8:00 PM.
Duration: 3 days
Players: Any number
Sign-up: Coming Soon

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Cruel 2 B Kind

Sunday, August 6th, 2006

Concept

Cruel 2 B Kind is a game of benevolent assassination. At the beginning of the game, you and a partner-in-crime are assigned a secret weapon. To onlookers, it will seem like a random act of kindness. But to a select group of other players, the seemingly benevolent gesture is a deadly maneuver that will bring them to their knees.

Location: Broadway, between 48th and 58th
Start Time: Saturday, Sept 23. Check in starts at 12:00 PM; Game starts at 12:30; Picnic at 2:00.
Duration: 90 minutes, plus a post-game Assassins’ Picnic, Debriefing and Awards Ceremony in Central Park
Players: Teams of two
Genre: Assassins
Sign-up: Sign up at www.cruelgame.com/signup


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