[English available] Cogito

2015/11/20 8:44

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Cogito



Players: 2-4



Time taken: 7-10min



 



Introduction



“Who am I?



It is simple.Eliminate what is NOT ‘me’,



and there will be ‘me’ left.”



Each of the assembled philosophers began searching



What is NOT ‘me’.



Be on guard, though. Other philosophers might not be your companion. If you continue to prospect wrong, you may lapse into ego disruption.



Will you be able to find true selves?



 



Material



A rule book(this paper)



4correlation diagram cards



4card holders



20 game cards



 



About Card







 



(1)Number of stratum



There are ‘I’,’Ⅱ’,’Ⅲ’ ornone.



‘Ⅲ’cards are called



‘Self card’



(2)Statement



It is written on the blue side



of the cards. You read it



out loud when you reveal your



card.



 



■Blue positionandRed position



Every card is colored with red and



blue.When the blue side is up, it is



called ‘Blue position’.



When the red side is up, it is called







 



　The Actions in detail 







 



Set-up

• Shuffle nine ‘Self cards’ face down,

draw a card each, and standit on the



card holder, without checking your



‘Self cards’(as shown right).

• Shuffle all the remaining cards,

Make a pile and place it face down



in the center of playing area.

• Draw two cards each, which will be one’s hand.

 



Round begins



The person who has cared to take self-discovery most recently will be the starting player. The person on the left will be the next player.



One round finishes when every player has played



a card.



Turn begins



The player reveal a card at the Blue position in front of oneself, declaring”I am not ~~！”,which is written on the blue side of the card. Other members will judge whether the declaration is　True or False.







 



If the declaration was true, the card stays in the Blue position. If it was false, other members tell the player”You are wrong.”, and replace the card in the Red position.Check out the correlation diagram to see which ‘Self card’ belongs to what category.







Eg.



A Casablanca is Plant



as well as Flower.



But is not Vertebrate, Animal, Bird,Tree or other  ‘Self cards’.



‘Ego’ belongs to nowhere.



 



 



Now the left player’s turn.



 



Round ends

• Draw

When every player has taken a turn, each player



draw a card from a pile.



The starting player checks a



pile before everyonedraw card,



to make sure there are enough



cards. If there were less cards than



players, skip Draw and Trade, and



start a new round with one card in each hand.



 



 



 

• Trade

After draw, every player choose



one card out of two cards in hand,



and give it to the left person.







 



You should not see the card given from the right person before you give your card.



You can’t give the card you have just received.



 



 



■How to place the cards



When you place the cards



in front of you , arrange them as



shown right, so that you can see



the sentences on the top side



of the card.







　How do you Win?



If you are sure what your ‘Self card’ is,then declare　”COGITO!”. You can declare it in someone-else’s turn.　If more then one player declared COGITO at the same time, it will be dealt clockwise. When COGITO is declared, the game stops for a while. The player continuously declare　”I am ~~!”. If the declaration was right



and the player successfully found oneself, the player wins and the game ends. If the declaration



was wrong, the player loses oneself and loses the game.



 



　Ego Distruption(Lose)



The player who has lost oneself loses the game



and can’t play thereafter. Leave cards face down



until the game ends.There are two cases in Ego distuption.

• When you declared COGITO and failed to guess your ‘Self card’

• When you have two Red position cards in your playing field.

 



　Tie



When all players fell into Ego Distuption, the game ends in a tie.Also, when no one declares COGITO even after all players have no card in hand, the game ends in a tie, including the player who have fallen into ego distuption earlier.



 



　Special Cards



【DREAM】







■No Red position



There is no Red position in this



card. You reveal this card,



declaring”Life is but a dream.”



There is no T-or-F Judge.



■Return every card to the pile



When this card is revealed, all the



cards in the playing field go back



To the pile. Return every card (except “Dream”card) face down under the pile. No need to shuffle. The cards placed after ‘Dream’ card remains in the playing field.



 



【EGO】







■No Blue position



There is no Blue position in the



card,for it is inconsistent to say



“I am not Ego”. When you reveal



this card, you have to place



Red position.



■Desn’t belong to any category



EGO doesn’t belong to any



category. Therefore, if a player had



EGO card as the ‘Self card’, his/her declaration of “I am not ~~” will always be True.



EGOcard is always in Red position, so if it is placed in the playing field, the player takes a risk of falling into ego disruption(two Red position cards in field equals to ego disruption). If you must place it in your playing field, look grave and declare ”Needless to say, I am Ego!”



 



Unclear points, the knack of the game, etcetera, see this site



Olerant　　http://olerant.com/cogito