Kids' Currency game parties are a lot more fun than just passing pieces of paper around. This is where the economy takes shape. This is where the conspiracy develops to take over the world.
Hosting a party is a great way to boost our position in the game economy. It marks us as an institution, a source of value. Providing good refreshments and entertainment is a smart investment. It improves our credit in the game. People will accept more of our currency.
The host should also provide game materials. These may include board and card games, currency blanks, art materials. There should also be Internet access for printing out Web pages, and a scanner or copy machine would be very useful.
Players will bring their entire fortune of Kids' Currency pages received and offered, their inventories and catalogs. The first order of business is usually trading, where players distribute new pages to each other. Then there may be pooling, where players add up their positions to see what the game economy contains, and that may lead to a focus on one topic or another, where players contribute new ideas and pages to the economy.
Apart from that, the host may have some games to play or a theme to pursue.
Next: SUMMING THE CONTENT OF THE GAME ECONOMY
File no. 3405 -- 18 SEP 1998 -- Derek Brownlee