Schwimmer in der Wüste

Descripción

In English the title means Swimmers in the Desert which for some will give away the "setting" as that of the novel and film, THE ENGLISH PATIENT. The situation is that of the beginning of the film. Players secretly place swimmers on individual boards with the aim of recreating the exact placement of the swimmers on the game board. The game is played with 19 small rocks in grey, brown, yellow or white and beautiful handmade materials, and is performed in two parts. During the first part the stones are placed onto the playing field via auctions. Two stones at a time are drawn from the bag a…