Thread by @RatataLucchese

A quick description of the Rattlesnake Game...

Player 1 picks a form/idea (‘theme’) and names two initial contexts for the theme to be connected to

e.g. the theme might be ‘apple’ and the two initial contexts ‘Greek mythology’ and ‘on the moon’

Player 2 claims a connection of the theme against either one of the unclaimed contexts, and then adds another context

e.g. Player 2 tells the story of Atalanta and the apples to claim a connection with ‘Greek mythology’ and then adds ‘Disney movies’ as a context

The game continues with the next player doing the same

e.g. the next player now has to connect ‘apple’ to ‘on the moon’ or ‘Disney movies’: she claims ‘Disney movies’ with the story of Snow White and the poisoned apple, and adds ‘geometry’ as the next context

The game continues with the next player doing the same: claiming a connection to one of the unclaimed contexts, and then adding another context

e.g. the next player now has to connect ‘apple’ to ‘on the moon’ or ‘geometry’...

How would you continue?

The Rattlenake Game’s name comes from the way the moves are recorded, on a criss-cross pattern like a rattlesnake’s scales

You can draw the pattern of Xs and play with pencil and paper, chalk on the floor, a stick in the sand, or just using your memory