''The New Games Book'' and its companion, ''More New Games'', were resources developed for the "New Games" movement which began in the late 1960s to encourage people to play non-competitive or friendlier games. Many of the "New Games" may now be seen played, in their modern variants, in church youth groups, summer camps, gym classes, theatre workshops and as team-building exercises for organizations. The New Games movement was initiated by Rose (Pat) Farrington, who helped to organize the first "New Games Tournament" at Gerbode Preserve in October 1973. The Tournament was funded by The Point Foundation. The success of this tournament led to the creation of the New Games Foundation which published ''The New Games Book'' in 1976 when the Foundation was under the direction of

Bernie DeKoven Bernard Louis De Koven or DeKoven (October 15, 1941 – March 24, 2018) was an American game designer, author, lecturer and fun theorist. He is most notable for his book ''The Well Played Game'', for his contributions to the New Games Book, New G ...

, Burton Naiditch and John O'Connell. DeKoven was one of the main contributors to the development of the New Games Training program which was key to the dissemination of the New Games concept worldwide. The Foundation ended in 1983. * ''The New Games Book'' edited by

Andrew Fluegelman Andrew Cardozo Fluegelman (November 27, 1943 – July 6, 1985) was a publisher, photographer, programmer and attorney best known as a pioneer of what is now known as the shareware business model for software marketing. He was also the foundin ...

, 1976 * ''More New Games'' edited by Andrew Fluegelman, 1981 * ''New Games for the Whole Family'' by Dale N. Le Fevre, 1988 (revised as ''The Spirit of Play'', 2007 ). * ''Best New Games'' by Dale N. Le Fevre, 2002, * ''Best New Games—Updated Edition'' by Dale N. Le Fevre, 2012

External links

New Games
Dale Le Fevre's site, continuing the work of the NGF

''The New Games Book''
at the

Internet Archive The Internet Archive is an American digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, ...

''More New Games''
at the

''New Games''
a documentary covering the first New Games Tournament (at the Internet Archive) 1976 non-fiction books Alternative education {{edu-book-stub