Ikonikus

Duration: +15 min
Number of players: 2-8 player/s
Materials/ Tools needed: Set of the game
Publisher: Brain picnincs
Language: All
Links: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/148381/ikonikus 

Playing with emotions has never been so much fun as in Ikonikus.

Short description/ Goal of the game:

How do you feel if you win the lottery? What if someone rejects you?

Playing with emotions has never been so much fun as in Ikonikus. In the game, a player raises an issue and the others must choose which of their cards best represents that emotion. Each card represents an emotion with multiple readings.

Educational value/ Learning Objectives:

  • To work on empathy
  • To know each other more
  • To get use to share your emotions

Recommendations for use: 

  • For a storytelling game or for an evaluation process
  • For an icebreaker or team building activity

Tips and Tricks for Facilitators 

How to adapt game for different groups, topics, occasions/needs

  • Name the emotions that could be connected to one icon

Feedback questions

  • What have you learned about emotions?
  • What have you learned about yourself?
  • How did you feel?
  • What skills can you improve while playing this game?

Further discussion topics

  • How did we learn to express and process our emotions?