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It's Good to Be a Werewolf


I had the same feeling the first time I read about BarCamps. That little thrill of excitement that keeps me tied to events. Not the boring, 'let's get drunk' kind of meetings - rather the fuzzy, 'I don't know what is going to happen' kind of moment.

As I was reading the February issue of Wired UK, I learned that once again the geeks innovated. I read about Werewolf.

As for the unconference, FooCamp 'borrowed' the idea from Open Space Technology. They 'borrowed' it once again from Mafia - a cult, underground, hostelized Russian role play game of the mid '90s.

Why does it matter? Well in the myriad of user generated events, this seems like a great networking compromise that gets rid of the businessy cardy, spammy practice we're all tired of.

I hope you don't use it for your event as I already started my London Meetup and going to conquer the World :-p

Here's a nice video:


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Comments (2)

Feb 15, 2010
tonystubblebine said...
Be prepared for Werewolf to take over your conference. When people play at FooCamp it often goes on until 4am or later. So don't expect a lot of participation fro the players the next day.
Feb 15, 2010
Julius Solaris said...
That's awesome - it'd be a fantastic event if it ended up like that!

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