Hi!
Physical games can be a bit strange to think about when you're used to videogames. So this topic is for sharing resources, references of designers, games and articles on the matter - food for thought!
ON BOARD GAMES:
- Shut Up & Sit Down is a Youtube channel of people reviewing board games of all kinds. They talk about lots of different genres, so videos about games you don't know can be a source for inspiration: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyRhIGDUKdIOw07Pd8pHxCw
- Jenn Sandercock makes edible games, board games that are made of food (and you'll have to eat the pieces to play it). Her book is on Kickstart right now, plus one of her games is available for free: https://ediblegames.com/
ON FOLK GAMES:
- The List of traditional chidren's games on Wikipedia is a nice list of games you may have played when you were young. It links to the games' pages so you can learn everything about those games, and hopefully get inspired: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_traditional_children%27s_games
- In particular the article on Tag is really interesting, detailing many variants and letting you imagine other new versions of this classic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_(game)
- Bernie DeKoven was a designer and play theorist, who worked for many years and collected many games for everybody. He also was the man who made me discover folk games, and thus who inspired me to launch this jam. Dive deep in his website and read everything you can: https://www.deepfun.com/funny-games/
ON ZINES:
- Thryn Henderson wrote the 'Let's Play Outside' zine, which is a compilation of small outdoors games inspired by existing videogames: https://twitter.com/Thairyn/status/968173641170112514
Don't hesitate to share your own things and stuff you find interesting, I'll add them to the list :)