Methods, Devices, and Kits for Emergent Pattern Games and Activities for Individuals, Collaborators, and Teams

A motif tile game piece for playing an emergent pattern game:

• said motif having a playing plane, a cross-sectional area, and a longest length;
• said tile game piece comprising a polygon base bounding said motif;
• said motif comprising no axes of approximate symmetry through said playing plane or comprising up to 1 axis of approximate bilateral symmetry through said playing plane wherein a majority of said area comprises two or more about parallel parallelograms;
• wherein when a majority of said area of said motif comprises two or more about parallel parallelograms, said parallel parallelograms are configured to be at least about 5% of their width away from each other for a majority of their lengths;
• said bounding polygon base having cross-sections parallel with said playing plane that are containable within a theoretical geometric bounding box of said motif along said playing field plane;
• said theoretical bounding box comprising theoretical sides;
• said motif extending to 30-80% total of the length of said theoretical sides;
• said bounding polygon base configured to connect any discontiguous components of said motif;
• said bounding polygon base comprising a plurality of sides:
• wherein all sides are extended to by at least a portion of said motif;
• wherein when a majority of the area of said motif comprises about parallel parallelograms, said sides extended to by the shorter ends of said about parallel parallelograms have at least one substantial section each to which said first motif does not extend;
• wherein said first motif comprises a highly irregular shape, at least one of said sides has at least one substantial section to which said motif does not extend;
• and
• wherein said bounding polygon base comprises a plurality of corners:
• wherein when said polygon comprises 5 or more corners, at least all but 1 of said corners are extended to by said first motif;
• wherein when said polygon consists of 4 corners, at least 2 of said corners that neighbor each other are extended to by said first motif;
• and
• wherein when said polygon comprises 3 corners, all of said corners are extended to by said first motif

A kit for playing an emergent pattern game comprising:

• a first motif with a playing plane and a longest length;
• said motif comprising no axes of approximate symmetry through said playing plane or comprising up to 1 axis of approximate bilateral symmetry through said playing plane wherein a majority of the area of said first motif comprises two or more about parallel parallelograms;
• wherein when a majority of the area of said first motif comprises two or more about parallel parallelograms, said parallel parallelograms are configured to be at least about 5% of their width away from each other for a majority of their lengths;
• wherein said first motif is able to be theoretically bound by a geometric bounding box on said plane, said box comprising theoretical sides, said first motif extending to 30-80% of the theoretical length of said theoretical sides.
• a deck of cards, each card having an instruction directing how to play a first motif, said instructions selected from the group consisting of:
• accompany, allow, alternate, amplify, augment, avoid, combine, commingle, conclude, continue, coordinate, deflect, differentiate, diverge, encourage, expand, extend, extrapolate, filter, flip, flirt, flow, fortify, infuse, intensify, intermingle, interrupt, interpolate, invert, loosen, nudge, overrun, pace, persist, redirect, rejoin, relieve, respond, reverse, reverse, start, suggest, tease, tighten, transfer, transition, and veer;
• and
• instructions for playing said emergent pattern game comprising:
• playing a plurality N of said first motifs to form a first cluster, wherein the outer sides of neighboring motifs in said first cluster are no more than about 60% of said longest length from each other;
• playing an N+1 first motif that becomes part of said first cluster, wherein said N+1 first motif approximately repeats and extends a first pattern formed by a plurality of said played first motifs in said first cluster;
• playing an N+2 first motif wherein it a) becomes part of said first cluster and changes a characteristic of said first pattern or b) blocks said first pattern from being able to be repeated and extended in a direction of said playing plane;
• and
• drawing one of said cards and following an instruction while playing a first motif