"Once upon a time..." with Rory's Story Cubes

Here's your chance to have a go with Rory's Story Cubes. Click on the video to see the roll of the dice.

The challenge is to make up a story that begins with "Once upon a time..." and somehow links together all nine (9) images on the dice into a story. There is no right or wrong kind of story.



**TIP** It helps though to talk faster than you can think. If you are unsure about this, check out the previous post to watch an example of me using Rory's Story Cubes.

Post your story as a comment below.

Rory's Story Cubes are finally here!

At last, I can finally announce that Rory's Story Cubes are now available. It's been over two years since I first had the idea using an invention technique known as Advanced Civilization. This game-tool has gone through 3 other prototypes (the original Rubiks Cube version, the stickered dice, and a molded version from China) before arriving at this one.

The video below shows just one of the ways in which Rory's Story Cubes can be 'played'. There are many more uses. And I will continue to expand on these in this blog.

Rory's Story Cubes are available to buy online by visiting the Creativity Hub homepage.

Innovating how we visualise data

From www.ted.com:

With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, Prof. Hans Rosling uses software from Gapminder debunks a few myths about the "developing" world. This global health visionary has discovered a powerful new way to communicate complex data about the world; his remarkable interactive graphs help deliver profound insights about global trends and will change forever the way you think about "us" and "them." Rosling is professor of international health at Sweden's Karolinska Institute, and founder of Gapminder, a nonprofit that brings vital global data to life. (Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, CA.)

More TEDTalks at www.TED.com

As a bit of an info-graphics nerd, I really appreciated the clarity of this presentation, especially how Prof. Rosling used animation, and timelines to communicate his point. If you are interested in info-graphics and/or world development issues, please do take a look at this video from the TEDTalks series. In fact, why not check out the whole series of TEDTalks at www.ted.com.

Countdown to Rory's Story Cubes

After a lot of research into various ways to produce my new game, Rory's Story Cubes, I am very excited to be able to say that they will be available for sale later in the month - just about the same time that my third baby is due!!

To lead up to the release, I will be uploading sample video clips how Rory's Story Cubes can be used for storyteller.

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