Poetry is now a game!
How can poetry be more accessible? Enter Dead Poets Rise—a game unlike any other, created by a small team of board game lovers, creatives, teachers, and poets.
We didn't want poetry to feel like schoolwork, but instead, something spontaneous you could create together with friends—whether or not you’ve ever really tried your hand at poetry before.
What was super important to us was designing a game that would be both fun and challenging for any kind of player, from the poetry-hesitant to die-hards who spend their Sunday afternoons composing haikus and sonnets.
In our game it’s not about who wrote the best poem but about rescuing real Dead Poets from obscurity–and everybody gets to take home their own poem at the end.
With over 60 writing prompts and so many themes and topics guiding you and the other players in the creation of your poem-in-progress, it’s always a new experience. But watch out—some of those prompts call for sabotaging an opponent!
Ready? Game on!
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I'm In!2 to 6 Players choose a dead poet to liberate from obscurity by reaching the Center Ring and successfully overcoming the challenge of the Sphinx guarding the exit to the World of the Living.
Players become poets by creating their own poem in progress as they are prompted during game play!!
We'll be at Katonah Village Library in New York on Sunday, January 14 from 12:30–2:30PM. Drop in to play Dead Poets Rise with us!
We’re leaving copies of the game for you to play at any time at the following locations:
