South Co-op｜Research-based gameplay & participatory performance

研究性桌遊 x 參與型表演

2024.01.20 (六), 6-9PM

紀州庵人文講堂（新館三樓），台北市同安街 107 號

報名：限定18名玩家參與，請於 1.18 前完成報名繳費，依報名完成順序招募。

費用：新台幣 700元（贈南方墾殖合作社當日限定特調）

「墾殖事業的一小步，南方躍進的一大步」

《南方墾殖合作社》存在於現代化墾殖的架空歷史中，玩家將重遊臺灣歷史上最盛大的「始政四十週年臺灣博覽會」，並在隱藏版的場館中沙盤推演，體驗這個大墾殖的時代。作為開墾合作社的成員，面對著坐擁廣大資源的南方島嶼，「無主之地」的觀念是你們的發動機，透過種植高價值的經濟作物、開墾山林、加工作物都是使南方躍進重要手段。

在遊戲初始，玩家將透過有限的人力開始自己的種植計劃，有的物種開發自本地的有用植物研究，有的則是從外地引進的高價值經濟作物。不論是何種作物，都將在南方成長與競爭，擬定不同的作物的開發策略，並在每個回合中面對環境考驗以及歷史變革，從中可能受到打擊也有可能再次加工並提升價值，促成改變南方生態的各種變因。

這場以史料研究為基底而設計的桌遊，由吳其育、鄭文琦所主持、表演引導，參與的玩家將以推測性的策略，把歷史當作未來，在互動之中進行一場重新思考人類與自然協作共存關係的辯證，尋找多樣反帝國主義的想像，共同書寫我們即將來到的真實未來。

活動邀請喜歡桌遊、科幻、說故事，或是關注歷史、殖民墾殖、生態、植物、經濟⋯⋯的超級玩家來參與這場難得的實驗桌遊互動演出。

本活動為緩步動物所主辦的「菌絲體網絡學苑」系列活動之一，由國家文化藝術基金會所支持贊助。

Research-based gameplay & participatory performance

2024.01.20 (Sat.), 6-9pm

Kishu An Forest of Literature (3rd Floor), No. 107 Tongan Street, Taipei

The event can accommodate up to 18 participants. Please sign up before 01.18.

Fee: TWD 700 (Including an exclusive cocktail/mocktail drink by the South Co-op)

“That’s one small step for the settlement, and one big leap for the southern sphere.”

South Co-op is a board game designed based on the historical framework of modern colonization during the Japanese occupation. Participating players will revisit the grandiose 40th Anniversary of the Ruling Expo in Taiwan with the performative guidance from artists to experience the era of massive reclamation and speculate new narratives from the hidden pavilions. As a member of this co-op, players will regard the notion of “terra nullius” and the research on the tropical industries at the heart of their motivation to control the abundant resource from the island. Growing high-value cash crops, reclaiming mountains and forests, and processing crops can be all crucial means to advance the southern colony.

At the game's outset, players will commence their planting plans with limited manpower. Some species are developed from local research on useful plants, while others are high-value cash crops introduced from elsewhere. Regardless of the crop, growth and competition will occur in the south. Formulating different strategies for crop development, facing environmental challenges, and historical transformations in each round, players may face setbacks or even enhance values, contributing new variables in the ecology of the south.

This board game, designed based on historical research, is hosted and guided by Wu Chi-Yu and Rikey Tenn. Participating players, through speculative strategies, see history as the future, engaging in an interactive rethinking of the dialectics between humans and nature, seeking diverse anti-imperialistic imaginations, collectively scripting the true future that awaits us.

We would like to invite super players who enjoy board games, sci-fi, storytelling or are interested in history, settlement, ecology, botany, economy…to embark on this special experiment and time travel with us. 

This event is sponsored by the National Culture and Arts Foundation.