Running the Labyrinth

Every once in a while I check out Jane McGonical's blog. I saw her keynote speech at E-tech in 2007 and have been enamored by what she stands for and works toward. Her most recent blog entry talks about The Lost Ring, and like most alternate reality games, it is a site that is slowly revealing rules on how to play an interesting game.



The rules are being collected here, but basically it looks like one runner is blindfolded and must navigate a maze with nothing but a team that will build the walls and hum so that the blindfolded runner will not run into them. You can read the rules here.

By the way, Jane is all about these social game experiments that foster teamwork and build relationships. Her games usually involve interacting with complete strangers in order to accomplish a goal. Thumbs up, Miss McGonigal!