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The New Games Book and its companion,More New Games, were resources developed for the "New Games" movement which began in the late 1960s to encourage people to play non-competitive or friendlier games. Many of the "New Games" may now be seen played, in their modern variants, in church youth groups,summer camps, gym classes, theatre workshops and asteam-building exercises for organizations.
TheNew Games movement was initiated by Rose (Pat) Farrington, who helped to organize the first New Games Tournament at Gerbode Preserve in October 1973. The tournament was funded byThe Point Foundation.
The success of this tournament led to the creation of the New Games Foundation, which publishedThe New Games Book in 1976 when the Foundation was under the direction ofBernie DeKoven, Burton Naiditch and John O'Connell. DeKoven was one of the main contributors to the development of the New Games Training program, which was key to the dissemination of the New Games concept worldwide. The Foundation dissolved in 1983.
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