http://www.databaseofgames.com Physical Games Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:03:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en An interesting development recently that has been on the news in several cities is a new type of game playing called "Location Based Games". These are apparently games played out in the real world, like cities or streets or even across suburbs and even in unpopulated nature areas like hiking ... http://www.databaseofgames.com/game-db-news/651/gps-geolocated-locative-location-based-games Foursquare is a physical ball game similar combining elements of volleyball, kickball, and dodgeball. Its played in a four square quadrant which are ranked from one to four, four generally being the position of most authority. Sometimes, the player in the fourth square and highest ranking position can change the ... http://www.databaseofgames.com/physical-games/defense-and-attack/630/single-court-foursquare Double Dutch rules involve both double dutch jumprope single teams, which are usually made up of three members, and double dutch doubles teams with four members. The American Double Dutch League rules for competitive double dutch stipulates a gender restriction on the teams (limited to one male member for singles, ... http://www.databaseofgames.com/physical-games/jumprope/634/double-dutch Yes, all you physical-game-integrationists, its time to get your phones on and hit the streets... conflux festival 2009 is here! Unfortunately for us, we're not in New York City, but the types of physical games seem like they could easily spread! cool stuff abounds... like the Urban Disorientation game, or ... http://www.databaseofgames.com/game-db-news/626/conflux-2009