Game Descriptions

Here are some short descriptions of the games in the collection, which are divided into nine themed sections.

Romance

First Date by Katrin Førde (Norway)
A game about a date gone wrong and a rant about the orgasm gap.
2–5 players; 30 mins; Intensity 1/5.

Flirt by Agata Swistak (Poland)
Flirt is an attempt to deconstruct the game almost everyone is playing — game of hook-ups, crushes, and scoring!
4–5 players; 60 minutes; Intensity 2/5.

Spin the Goddesses by Karin Edman (Sweden)
A kissing game of lesbian witches.
4–5 players; 30 minutes; Intensity 3/5.

Willful Disregard by Anna Westerling (Sweden)
A love story.
3 players; 60 minutes; Intensity 4/5.

 

Women in the Media

Manic Pixie Dream Girl Commandos by Lizzie Stark (US)
A military unit undertakes its last whimsical mission before retiring to civilian life.
3–5 players; 45 minutes; Intensity 1/5.

6016 by Elin Nilsen (Norway)
In 6016 the only historical source of the 21st century is a collection of clips from the soap opera Love, Lust and Lack of Trust.
3–6 players; 45 minutes, Intensity 1/5.

Tropes vs. Women by Ann Eriksen (Denmark)
Explore well-known movie clichés and tropes about women in a fun and not too serious way.
3–5 players; 20 minutes; Intensity 1/5.

Lipstick by Kaisa Kangas (Finland)
Sofia hesitates about whether to wear lipstick to a TV debate on feminism.
3 players; 40 minutes; Intensity 3/5.

You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby by Julia Ellingboe (US)
A game about gender, cultural, and ethnic representation in the movies.
5-6 players; 45 minutes; Intensity 3/5.

 

Body

Restrictions by Frida Karlsson Lindgren and Sofia Stenler (Sweden)
A non-verbal game on how we are and aren’t allowed to move together, as two genders.
3+ players; 45 minutes; Intensity 2/5.

Mentioning the Unmentionables by Kajsa Greger (Sweden)
Three games about the anatomy of women.
3–5 players; 60 minutes; Intensity 3/5.

#Flesh by Frederik Berg, Rebecka Eriksson, and Tobias Wrigstad (Sweden)
A physical game about the objectification of women or how women’s bodies are butchered into parts.
3–12 players; 60 minutes; Intensity 4/5.

 

The Digital Age

Selfie by Kira Magrann (US)
An intimate game about feelings in images.
3–5 players; 30 minutes; Intensity 2/5.

So Mom I Made This Sex Tape by Susanne Vejdemo (Sweden)
Different generations of feminists argue it out about sex, porn, and what the main point of feminism really is.
3–5 players; 40 minutes; Intensity 3/5.

My Sister, Malala by Elsa Helin (Sweden)
A game about freedom of thoughts and ideas for girls in Pakistan.
3 players; 45 minutes; Intensity 4/5.

 

On the Move

A Friend in Need by Muriel Algayres (France)
A nano-game about street harassment, victim-blaming and friendship. After a bad encounter on the street, can Ella get over victim-blaming with the help of her friends?
4 players; 45 minutes; Intensity 4/5.

Driving to Reunion by Laura Simpson (US)
An intergenerational game about four Black women trying to understand each other, as they drive back for college reunion.
4 players; 45 minutes; Intensity 4/5.

Catcalling by Tora de Boer (Denmark)
Street harassment feels different depending on whether bystanders support the harasser or the victim.
4 players; 30 minutes; Intensity 4/5.

 

Playing Well with Others

How to Be Ava White by Eva Wei (Sweden)
At a board meeting, parts of Ava White’s personality decide how to make her the perfect woman.
3+ players; 60 minutes; Intensity 4/5.

Shoutdown to Launch by Jason Morningstar (US)
In this game about gendered interruption, a bunch of engineers need to fix a problem with a rocket engine in the dwindling time before launch. It won’t go well.
4+ players; 30 minutes; Intensity 4/5.

“Something to Drink with That, Sir?” by Evan Torner (US)
A woman flight attendant performs emotional labor to serve three different male passengers.
4 players; 30 minutes; Intensity 3/5.

“Ma, Can I Help You with That?” by Emily Care Boss (US)
A game about family, age and the gendered nature of care-giving.
4 players; 30 minutes; Intensity 4/5.

 

At Work

Glitzy Nails by Kat Jones (US)
Glitzy Nails is a freeform scenario about intersectional feminism, interactions between women,
and nail salons.
2–4 players; 60 minutes; Intensity 3/5.

Stripped by Dominika Kovacova (UK)
A game about stripping off the stigma.
3–5 players; 40 minutes; Intensity 3/5.

President by Kaisa Kangas (Finland)
The war-waging Akhaian empire has elected its first female president, a very successful lady general, and feminists with conflicting agendas are trying to draft a press statement together.
4 players; 60 minutes; Intensity 3/5.

Curtain Call by Sarah Bowman (US)
A larp about the experiences of a woman in the music industry over the course of four decades.
3–10 players; 45 minutes; Intensity 4/5.

 

Difficult Decisions

The Grey Zone by Siri Sandquist (Sweden)
A larp about the grey zone between rape and consensual sex in a relationship.
5 players; 45 minutes; Intensity 4/5.

Family Planning Clinic by Baptiste Cazes and Leïla Teteau-Surel with Laura Guedes (France)
A game about women’s health where players will play short scenes from the daily life of a French family planning clinic inspired by real stories.
3–4 players; 45 minutes; Intensity 4/5.

First Joyful Mystery by Cathriona Tobin (Ireland)
Players examine the impact Ireland’s prohibitive abortion laws have on people who find themselves pregnant.
3–5 players; 60 minutes; Intensity 5/5.

 

Violent Encounters

Girl: A Game for by Livia von Sucro (Brazil)
A small exercise about empathy, designed for cis gendered men to take a glimpse of what it feels like to be a victim of violence against women.
3+ players; 50 minutes; Intensity 5/5.

Her Last Tweet by Rowan Cota (US)
A microgame exploring being a potential victim of a campus shooting event.
5 players; 45 minutes; Intensity 5/5.

Tour of Duty by Moyra Turkington (Canada)
A freeform nano-scenario about what it’s like to serve and defend as a woman in the US Military.
2–5 players; 45 minutes; Intensity 5/5.