pArrrAd
Herd instinct/ social game
While the Inuit have more than 50 words to define snow according to its state, how many do we have to define our collectives?
A group, a tribe, a team, a collectivity, a society, a people, an association, a class, a clan, a population, a nation, an ethnic group, a horde, a conglomerate, a consortium, a cartel, a clan, a gang, a groupuscule, a league, a clique, a chapel, a phalanx, a school, a sect, a gang, a maffia, a faction, a cabal, a coterie, a camarilla, a possee...
pArrrAd is a great board game that retains the playful, friendly character of the bAlllAd cie.
Three sound drivers
Whereas in the "bAlllAd" show, a single sound commander accompanied the audience, on pArrrAd we're dealing with three pilots.
These pilots take up to a hundred people under their wings, i.e. 300 helmeted people, who parry with the rest of the audience.
Two types of audience
The helmets
There are three opportunities during the pArrrAd to obtain a helmet, and join the clan, tribe or nation. This way, the most willing can start the adventure right from the start, and the less adventurous can take the time to reassure themselves ;-). Or you can simply watch and see how the pArrrAd evolves. Even if you're not privy to what's being broadcast through the headsets, the presenter will be able to guide you through the adventure.
The observers
The helmets are there for all to see, and you need an audience to watch them... It must be useful, since one of the rules is: "participation is not the point".
pArrrad discusses three different types of courtship:
- The love parade
- Strolling before a show or event
- Military displays.