As we wait for the final touches to be made to the layout for the book, we’ve been working on finalizing the teacher materials for The Play’s The Thing.
Our awesome teacher consultant, Pete Figtree, has put together an awesome guide that helps teachers use the game in the classroom with specific ideas and suggestions for making the game even more educational.
Teacher’s Guide for The Play’s The Thing
Please take a minute to download the rough draft and let us know if you catch any typos or have any suggestions!
We hope you’re having a great Valentine’s Day! Marissa and I are celebrating with cupcakes, and some exciting production notes for The Play’s The Thing…
First, we’ve got a special announcement about the design for the book. We are extremely lucky to have landed Daniel Solis, the awesome writer and designer of books like Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple and Happy Birthday, Robot, as our graphic designer for the project. Marissa and I really admire all of Daniel’s work and we’re so thrilled to have him.
At this point, we’re almost done with the PDF version of the book. Check out our PDF Sampler for some quick samples of pieces of the book. Daniel’s done a great job incorporating Marissa’s art and has also found some cubist images that we think are a great addition. Let us know what you think!
PDF Sampler of The Play’s The Thing:
As we get ready to send the book off to the printers (this month!), we are also getting in stickers and prints. Check out these images of stickers that are heading out to our backers soon!
As we get ready to release The Play’s The Thing, we’re working hard on the assorted accompanying materials, including the Teacher’s Guide for the game. We’re thrilled to have Pete Figtree, veteran geek/teacher, putting together a document for us that will help teachers implement the game in the classroom, helping students find new ways to connect with Shakespeare!
This last few weeks, he’s been trying the game out in the classroom with his students. As he gathered all the materials he used, he took a few pictures for us that we thought you all might like to see!
Materials and Handouts for Kids
Full Set of Materials, Including Dice
Posters with Rules for Reference
Jumbo Nameplates for Students
We’ll have more updates from Pete and his awesome students in the coming weeks. In the meantime, you can find Pete on Twitter at @pfigtree. Let him know that you’re excited to see him bring gaming to the classroom!
Whew! The Play’s The Thing is almost done!
After receiving so much fantastic support for the Kickstarter last month, we’ve been hard at work putting together the final draft of the book for our backers. We’ve still got a little ways to go, but we were able to release a draft of the book to our backers today for review!
Next up, we’ll be sending the text and images over to our graphic designer to handle the layout and get the book ready for printing. We’ll give all our backers one last chance to hunt for typos, and then send the book off to the printers. After that, it will be just a few short weeks until we can start shipping books to backers and teachers.
Huge thanks to all of our supporters and backers for helping to make this project happen. We couldn’t have done it without you!
Thank you all so much for your support so far! Marissa and I never imagined that this project would catch on the way it has. Not only have we secured a deal with Alliance that will put our books into stores across the US, but we’re also planning on sending out nearly 100 books to English and Drama teachers on behalf of our $25+ backers. We are so excited!
We’ve only got 3 days left to clear the remaining $771 for our final milestone goal. If we can get all the way to $5,000, we will release one free playset a month for The Play’s The Thing for an entire year. That means that each and every month for the entirety of 2012, we’ll give you a new way to play the game, with a new setting, and new rules.
We are so close! Can you take a few minutes today to spread the word about the project? We’ve got so many great rewards and such a wonderful community here, but we want to make sure that your friends, family, fans, and followers get a chance to learn about The Play’s The Thing. Your Tweet, Facebook update, G+ Post, or even just simple email could help get us there!
And if you haven’t pledged yet, please go to the Kickstarter page and help us out!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
