Gluvi telefoni – Broken telephones
Photo: Saeed Karimi, UNPLASH
Gluvi telefoni je stara, ali i dalje vrlo popularna društvena igra zbog čega je dobila i modernu verziju. U prodavnicama se može kupiti istoimena igra sa potrebnom aparaturom za snimanje poruka, a poruke, u zavisnosti od dogovora igrača mogu biti samo jedna ili više reči ili čak i cela rečenica. Poruka se snima i preslušava, niko nikom ništa ne šapuće na uho. Igrači po preslušavanju poruke snimaju ono što su čuli za sledećeg igrača i tako redom do kraja. Moderno, i u duhu vremena, skoro bez kontakta, igra teče. Ipak, složićemo se, ništa ne može da zameni živu reč i neposredan kontakt.
I ova je igra, kao i mnoge druge društvene igre, zabavnija što je veći broj učesnika. Igrači mogu da sede u krugu, a mogu se rasporediti i u liniji, formacija je manje bitna. Važno je da postoji početak i kraj, to jest da se odredi ko započinje igru, a koji igrač je završava. Svi bi trebalo da se trude da dobro čuju, a potom da dobro prenesu poruku sledećem i tako do poslednjeg koji mora da je izgovori naglas. Tada i onaj koji je započeo igru izgovara glasno prvobitnu poruku, a ona uglavnom bude toliko drugačija od one koja je stigla do kraja da grupa prasne u smeh! Gluvi telefoni su mnogo više od dobre zabave i igre koja nadasve zasmejava. Ova igra jača koncentraciju, izoštrava čulo sluha, zahteva od igrača da iako šapuću dobro artikulišu reči.
Broken Telephones is an old, but still very popular board game, which is why it got a modern version. In stores, you can buy the game of the same name with the necessary equipment for recording messages, which, depending on the players’ agreement, can be just one or more words or even a whole sentence. The message is recorded and listened to, without anyone whispering anything in anyone’s ear. After listening to the message, the players record what they heard from the previous player for the next player to hear and so on until the end. Contemporary, absolutely in the spirit of our times, and without contact, the game still has a natural flow of its own. Still, we can all agree, nothing can replace the living word and direct communication.
This game, like many other board games, is more fun the larger the number of participants. Players can sit in a circle or they can also be arranged in a line. Ultimately, the formation is less important. What is important is that there is a beginning and an end, that is, to determine who starts the game and which player finishes it. Everyone should try to listen well, and then convey the message to the best of their ability to the person next to them and so on to the last one who has to say it out loud. Then the person who started the game utters the original message out loud, and it is usually ends up being so very different from the one that reached the end that the whole group bursts out laughing!
Broken Telephones is so much more than just good fun! This game strengthens concentration, improves listening skills and requires players to articulate words well, even when whispering.
