Even ogres are afraid

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NG A CO OP ER AT IVE GA ME FO R TE AC HI CH ILD RE N TO FA CE TH EIR FE AR S

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«There is no child, teenager, or adult in this world who has not heard, at least once, about OGRES. Everyone thinks ogres are gigantic and ugly, or that they smell like goats, but that is a lie!

I know that many of us are decidedly beautiful and we take care of our looks. We live in very nice houses and our lives are quite similar to yours. And there is one thing that no one knows about us: we are big cowards! Don’t make fun of us, it’s not our fault.

There is a spirit, an “Ogrescarer,” who wanders around at night going from house to house, blowing fears into our faces. We call him Terribilius. When you wake up in the morning….poof!

You are afraid of something.

But if we unite our forces together we can hope to beat him. So, do you want to help us defeat him?»

From C. Scataglini, Anche gli orchi hanno paura, 2008, Edizioni Erickson

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Even ogres are afraid is a cooperative game that is meant to encourage children, teenagers, and adults to develop new strategies for overcoming their fears. Making > ÃÌ v Þ ÕÀ ÃÌ ÀiVÕÀÀi Ì vi>ÀÃ Ã ViÀÌ> Þ Ì ` vw VÕ Ì] > ` i>V v ÕÃ > viÃÌÃ our fears in a different way. Some people hide behind any old excuse, some people deny being afraid, some people isolate themselves in silent terror, others run away from their problems. In every situation, the person feels a real discomfort. However, it is reasonable to believe that fear can be overcome by using the right strategies.

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First of all, it is essential to be able to recognize and admit, mainly to oneself, that the sentiment one feels is actually fear. Then it is necessary to be able to understand what is really at the root of that fear. The real turning point along the path to resolving one’s fears, however, is that of being able to share them, and speak about them with others. Communicating what one feels when he/she is scared of something, Ì i ` ÃV ÛiÀÞ Ì >Ì Ì iÀà ­iÛi >`Õ Ìî >Ûi vi>ÀÃ] > ` Ì i >ÌÌi «Ì Ì w ` > à ÕÌ to these fears by talking are all ways in which the charge of emotional tension fear provokes inside each of us can be relieved.

Along with the De Ogres family, a family of ogres at the mercy of the fears caused by the sneaky Terribilius (a Ogrescarer ghost), everyone plays together trying to help each other by inventing stories and encouraging one another.

This game invites children, teenagers, and even adults to intervene, speak, interact, and V «iÀ>Ìi À`iÀ Ì w ` > à ÕÌ Ì Ì i vi>ÀÃ Ì >Ì Ì iÞ i V Õ ÌiÀ > } Ì i Ü>Þ° The game is mediated by the characters from the story, the ogres, who take part in the }> i >à > V >À>VÌiÀ « iViÃ] Ü Ì Ì i > v w ÌiÀ } Ì i «>ÀÌ V «>Ì v Ì i « >ÞiÀÃ Ì i Ãi Ûið * >Þ } Ü Ì Ì i }Ài V >À>VÌiÀà > iÃ Ì i>à iÀ Ì w ` > à ÕÌ Ì i½Ã own fears as well, because deep down, Ogredea’s, Tronky’s, Agresete’s, Matriorka’s and Ogrebaldo De Ogres’s fears are not that different from the ones that often strike humans.

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Game rules • 20 Fear Cards • 20 Courage Cards • 20 Speak Cards

• 1 spinner • 1 dice • 1 set of rules

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CONTENTS • 1 game board • 5 pieces cut outs • 5 piece holders

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PREPARATION Take the game board, open it, and place it at the centre of the table game-side up. Divide the Fear Cards, Courage Cards and Speak Cards into their respective piles. Mix each pile of cards and place them on the game board in the spaces indicated. Detach the 5 character piece cut outs and place them in the plastic holders. Now put the spinner together: detach the yellow arrow from its plastic circle, put it through the hole in the spinner and block it with the arrow (check that it spins correctly). Place the dice on the game board. Now you are ready to start!

PLAYERS From 2 to 5 players (you can play with a maximum of 25 players divided in teams).

Important: The game requires the presence of an adult.

We advise this person to play actively on a team and not to restrict him/ herself to intervening only when needed to facilitate dialogue (when the Speak Cards or Courage Cards are played), or to enforce the rules of the game. Often participating in the game is the best way to inspire trust and create team spirit with the other players.

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GAME OBJECTIVE The players should help each other free themselves of all of the Fear Cards present in the game. Everyone wins only if all the Fear Cards are eliminated.

If the players give up and decide to stop the game before all the Fear Cards are eliminated, then Terribilius, the evil “Ogrescarer” wins.

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BEGINNING THE GAME Game pieces: each team choses their own game piece from among the members of the De Ogres family and places it on the matching square on the game board. If there are any left over they can be put back in the box.

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Carte Paura: each team receives a number of fear cards based on the following chart. The cards are placed face up on the table so that all players can see them.

NUMBER OF TEAMS

NUMBER OF PLAYERS PER TEAM from 1 to 3

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Who starts the game? Each team chooses one member to throw the dice.

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TURNS The player whose turn it is rolls the dice and moves his/her game piece in a clockwise direction the number of spaces rolled.

According to which space he/she lands on, the following things must be done: draw a Courage Card, Speak Card, Fear Card (on the Terribilius space). o). If the player lands on the BONUS space (with the De Ogres family members on it) he/she gets another turn (see the Special Spaces paragraph).

After moving the game piece, the team can decide whether to use a Speak Card or a Courage Card to eliminate the Fear Card in play. It is then the next team’s turn.

HOW TO ELIMINATE THE FEARS Each player has the Fear Cards visible to everyone. To eliminate the Fear Cards it is necessary to FIRST use a Speak Card and THEN a Courage Card.

Only after these two steps have been taken can the Fear Card be discarded at the bottom of the pile.

Each player can only play one card per turn, so team work is fundamental.

To free oneself from fears, it is necessary to open up and talk about them, and then listen to other people’s advice.

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Using the Speak Cards To eliminate a Fear Card VJG Ƃ TUV UVGR KU VQ talk about it! To use a Speak Card, the player must place it over the matching icon found on the corner of the Fear Card about which he/she wants to speak. It can be a card from his/her own team, or from another team (see Ƃ I 6JGP VJG URKPPGT KU URWP CPF DCUGF on the result one of the following actions must occur: • Give advice • Tell an experience • Invent a story Everyone on the team can participate in completing the action, but they must follow the directions on the spinner. When the Speak Cards are being used, anyone can ask questions to the player who is speaking.

Once this step has been completed, the Speak Card remains placed over the corner of the Fear Card.

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If the Speak Card has this symbol on it, it can be played in the regular way or as a help card during the opponent’s turn to give support together with one’s own team about what is being spoken about. Once the card is played as a help card, it must be discarded at the bottom of the pile.

It seams easy but...

Playing a Speak Card doesn’t guarantee automatic success. If the team does not succeed in talking about something, does not respect the directions on the spinner, or does not speak about the fear in question, the card gets discarded at the bottom of the pile and cannot be left on the Fear Card. If any doubt arises, ask the adult moderator.

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Using the Courage Card If there is already a Speak Card placed on a Fear Card, a Courage Card can be played to try and eliminate the HGCT UGG Ƃ I 'CEJ OGODGT QH VJG VGCO ECP RCTVKEKRCVG KP VT[KPI VQ Ƃ PF solutions or concrete advice on how to face and overcome that particular fear.

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SPECIAL SPACES If a game piece lands on one of the spaces, the following rules are applied.

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COURAGE SPACE Draw a Courage Card.

SPEAK SPACE Draw a Speak Card.

FEAR SPACE Draw a Fear Card and add it to those of your team.

If there are no more Fear Cards left in the draw pile, ignore this space.

BONUS SPACE If you land on this space, your team gets another turn at the end of its turn.

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The role of the adult moderator/player should be a resource for the other players and should not in any way provide generalized solutions that may get in the way of Ì i >ÌÌi «ÌÃ v Ì i V `Ài > ` Ìii >}iÀÃ Ì w ` Ì i LiÃÌ Ü>Þ Ì ºLi LÀ>Ûi»° other words, the adult must perform his/her part as a player with taking the place of the other participants in the game by giving too much help in the various phases of the game.

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/ i >`Õ Ì V> Ì i «À « Ãi Ì i «À L i Ì >ÀV >}> LÞ Ã>Þ } º- ] Þ Õ « >Þi` the Courage Card. What do you think you can say to your friend Francesco so that Ì i i>À >À` V> Li Ài Ûi`¶» > Þ] >ÀV }iÌà V ÃiÀ Ì Ì i «À L i ° º Ü Ìi Ì >Ì ÃiVÌÃ] v À Ì i ÃÌ «>ÀÌ] V> ½Ì ÕÀÌ Þ Õ Ã Ì Ã w i Ì ÕÃÌ ÃÌ>Þ >Ü>Þ from them. Yes, it is true that mosquitoes, for example, bite but it is easy enough o ii« Ì i >Ü>Þ Ü Ì ÃiVÌ Ài«i > Ì Ì >Ì V> iÛi Li L Õ} Ì Ì i ÃÕ«iÀ >À iÌ°» This answer represents a valid starting point for the player (child or teenager) to try and express other indications and strategies on how to overcome the fear of spiders and insects in an effective way.

We repeat that the help and encouragement provided by the adult must be acted upon only in cases where the situation has arrived at a dead end which results in stopping the game. Otherwise it is preferable for the encouragement and solutions come from the players themselves.

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