Rondo Familienspiele

A set of different, paper-based parlor games in a cardboard brochure folder containing 3 separate booklets with 24 pages each. Each booklet contains the rules of the game and the corresponding texts for the board games.

Many variations around the general idea of a printed text which is enriched by the players by secretly and subsequently adding names, attributes and other words to the story. This is mostly done by filling in a word, folding the sheet to cover it and passing it on to the next player. In the end the sheet is unfolded and read aloud to the amusement of the participants. As a variation, the words are asked for and filled in by a gamemaster, who doesn't disclose the original text until the very end.

Available topics were as follows:

 Series 1: Sekretär, Lebensart, Literatur I (Assistant, Lifestyle, Literature I) 
 Series 2: Inserate, Heilerfolge, Literatur II (Newspaper Ads, Successful Cures, Literature II) 
 Series 3: Historie, Biographie, Literatur III (History, Biography, Literature III) 
 Series 4: Steckbrief, Gerichtssaal, Literatur IV (Profile, Court of Law, Literature IV)

The Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) design of the games may place them in the early 20th century (around 1900-1910).