PicGo is a story-sharing game suitable for all age levels and groups from 3 players up to 50 or more players. PicGo Games use
your pictures to remind the game participants of life stories meaningful to the event or party. These stories are shared out loud with the group during the game.
PicGo provides family-values entertainment, full of laughter and friendship, with a hint of competition thrown in for good measure.
The game materials for the event are created and printed out with your PC computer and the special
PicGo Software, providing a one of a kind entertainment experience. The PicGo Software lets you create a custom game for your party or event quickly and easily, and the stories and laughter will continue long after you are finished playing the game.
Game materials include a
Master Card, Random Game Cards, and the Pick Pile, created with pictures that are important to the event and people involved. The printed game materials put the pictures right in front of game participants, letting everyone see the pictures as the stories are told.
What types of events are right for PicGo - The Game of Collective Memories?
Wedding rehearsal dinners! This was the original use for the game, bringing two families together that did not know each other before this big life event.
Family reunions! - Anniversaries! - Milestone Birthdays!
Bar and Bat - Mitzvahs! - Retirement Parties! - Senior Class Graduation!
Sports Team End of Season Parties!
Holidays or any-time gatherings of friends, families, or co-workers! Why not make it the best party of the year?
Playing PicGo
PicGo is played like a form of Bingo, but with the fun interactive twist of being a true story-sharing game. The
PicGo Software uses your pictures to create
Custom Game Cards for the specific event, with custom column headings across the top of each card and a number associated with each picture. Colors, column headings, and the Free Space can all be customized.
The Game Master mixes up the Pick Pile of pictures and then draws one picture from the pile. The Game Master will then call out the column heading and the number of the picture. Players look to see if the picture called is on their card, and cover the picture with a marker if it is there. At this point someone who knows a story that goes along with that picture is allowed to relate the story to the group.
The Game Master has the responsibility to help manage the stories, so that everybody can hear and so that the game continues at a fun pace. Players that are relating stories are allowed a chance to really TELL the stories, as the fun of the experience really comes to life when the funny stories, touching moments, and wonderful memories get shared with the whole group. Play continues until somebody covers a line horizontally, vertically, or diagonally and calls out, "PicGo!"
If another round of play is desired, players should not clear their cards, and the Game Master can continue to draw from the Pick Pile and work toward a 2nd, 3rd and 4th winner. The game will have more frequent closures at this level and can be ended when it seems appropriate. A fun option is to provide a prize of some sort to the winner of each round.
PicGo gives every guest an opportunity to participate in any group celebration! There are no wall-flowers when you play PicGo! Every guest from the youngest to the oldest has a story to share with the group, and PicGo Games give a wonderful opportunity for each guest to feel included in the fun.
