The New Games Book and its companion, More New Games, were resources developed for the "New Games" movement which began in the late 60s to encourage people to play non-competitive or friendlier games. Many of the "New Games" may now be seen played, in their modern variants, by church youth groups, summer campers, and even [in some cases] gym students.

The New Games movement was initiated by George Leonard

George Leonard

George Leonard was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician from Norton, Massachusetts. Besides service on state court benches and in both houses of the state legislature, he represented Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.-External links:*...

 and Stewart Brand

Stewart Brand

Stewart Brand is an American writer, best known as editor of the Whole Earth Catalog. He founded a number of organizations including The WELL, the Global Business Network, and the Long Now Foundation...

. The first "New Games Tournament" was spearheaded by Pat Farrington

Pat Farrington

Pat "Rose" Farrington was the co-founder of New Games in the early 1970s.-References:...

 who helped to organize the first "New Games Tournament" at Gerbode Preserve in October 1973. The Tournament was funded by The Point Foundation

Point Foundation (environment)

The Point Foundation was a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco and founded by Stewart Brand and Dick Raymond. It published works related to the Whole Earth Catalog. It was also a co-owner of The WELL.-References:...

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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

Bernie DeKoven

Bernard Louis "Bernie" De Koven is 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 Foundation, his pioneering work in computer game design, and for his long-running web site, .-Career:In...

, Burton Naiditch and John O'Connell. DeKoven led the development of the New Games Training program which was key to the dissemination of the New Games concept worldwide. The Foundation ended in 1990.

• The New Games Book edited by Andrew Fluegelman
  Andrew Fluegelman
  Andrew Cardozo Fluegelman was a publisher, photographer, programmer and attorney best known as the inventor of what is now known as the shareware business model for software marketing...
  
  , 1976 ISBN 038512516x
• More New Games edited by Andrew Fluegelman, 1981 ISBN 0385175140
• 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, ISBN 0736036857

External links

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