The Project and the Game behind it
State of the Notion deals with the construction of cultural
identity and its relationship to economic resources.
The project consists in organising an “international summit” in the
surroundings of Mount Vaals (Vaalserberg), in the southern region of
Limburg. This landmark, also called Drielandenpunt, is claimed to be
the highest point in the Netherlands and at the same time is the place
where the three borders of Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands
meet
The project approaches the idea of international summit through a gameplay and the building of specific furniture and tools for the development of the game.
State of the Notion is a board game, a role playing game and a
gambling game for three players, each one coming from one of the neighbouring countries.
The Rules of the Game
TURNS
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-A total of 9 turns + an initial round
-The initial round will be used to decide the order
-This initial round allows bets
-The order will follow a clockwise movement
-The maximum and minimum bets will double every three turns
GAMBLING
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-Bets will be taken at the beginning of each turn, before the drawing of cards.
-Bets will always be “Double or Nothing”
-Betng is compulsory for each turn to take place.
-If a Player has run out of gaming chips or hasn’t got enough for the minimum bet that turn, he/she will become disqualifed. Yet, he/she is required to stay until the end of the game
TALKS
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-Talks must be expressed in the mother tongue of the player.
-No translaton will be ofered on site.
-Players cannot talk if they haven’t made a bet that turn
-The maximum of talks per turn is of 1 per player.
-The length of this talks can be variable but will never exceed 1 minute.
-There will be a period of silence betwen the talks of 10 to
20 seconds.
ROULETTE
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-The Roulete will decide each turn which is the winning Talk
and Bet.
-The record of winning Talks will be carfeully taken in by the
organisation.
-All the winning entries will be compiled into a separate DVD
that will conform the Official Summary of the Summit.
WINNER
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-The Winner will be announced at the end of the 9
turns.
-The Player with more chips will obtain the rights and
authorship of the
Official Summary of the Summit.
-After a minimum period of 2 months the organisation will contact the Winner and will make an offer (in Euros) for the video piece.
-The Winner cannot trade with the piece before this
two month period but can alter it or exploit in any way
he /she considers appropiate.
-The Winner can choose to not accept the offer and
keep the Official Summary of the Summit. After this he/
she can do whatever he/she likes with the piece.
-The organisation is not responsible for the negotiations
that the players can make amongst them once the game
is finished.
FINAL PIECE
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-The video piece produced by the organisaton cannot
include any material regarding the winning Talks as long
as these are still in property of the Winner.
-The rest of the material will be used by the organisation at their own convenience.
FUNDING AND PARTNERS
