Conversely
Where the best games are the ones you forget to finish
What is Conversely?
Striking up meaningful conversations isn’t always a walk in the park.
Ever been excited to spend time with someone, only to get stuck stumbling through the maze of small talk together? What about a nice, quiet evening with friends…that turns into taking turns sharing how “busy” everyone is. Imagine a nice reunion with friends or family you haven’t seen in years – how do you leap over years of time in a single chat?
Yeah. Conversations can be tricky.
And yet, a truly deep and engaging conversation is a valuable treasure, something that we can cherish forever. We feel invigorated and empowered. We feel refreshed and hopeful. We see others, and ourselves, in a new light. We gain strength and purpose from hearing our own convictions spoken aloud.
Conversely is about giving you more conversations of substance and helping remove some of the obstacles that prevent us from truly connecting.
A System of Discovery
Conversely is essentially a deck of playing cards designed to foster conversation, connection, and community. The system is modular, allowing you to adjust the type of conversation to different ages, numbers of players, and time available. It is an elegant game and tool for friends, partners, families, educators, managers, and anyone who enjoys rich, fulfilling conversations!
The deck consists of Topics of conversation and Contributions cards, which guide the conversation. These cards are used with our catalog to run the different activities, which we collectively call Engagements. There are 12 engagements included with Conversely, and more to be released in the future!
Engagements
Each engagement is a little different: designed for different numbers of players, conversation styles, and situations. But they share the same core vision of creating more fulfilling communication. Some are games that resemble classics like 20 questions, Charades, or Taboo. While others are Conversely originals, specifically designed to evoke different kinds of conversations with different forms of, well, engagement!
Preview
Keep scrolling to see a few Conversely cards and get a feel for how it works. The blue cards are Topic cards. The green, purple, and orange are called Contribution cards, these prompt and inspire the players to push the conversation in different directions in a natural and organic manner. The contributions cards are called Follow-ups, Perspectives, and Modifiers (green, purple, orange respectively). Each group has a different focus, but they all work together to create diverse and interesting conversations.
