The Game of Village

What is Village?

In the Game of Village children and youth come together to build a community in miniature.  They begin with peeps, little people who have their own personalities and backstories.  These peeps have come together to forge a new town together.  At our New Hampshire Game of Village summer camps this all takes place in meadows and forests.  

And over the course of several weeks peep houses and other miniature dwellings are designed and constructed.  Businesses open, a town newspaper may spring into operation, and the community has to make decisions about the miniature society they are creating together.  

Constraints of time do not allow for every dream born of this bountiful opportunity to be realized, but the ones that come true are truly wonderful; and others may be stored in that wrinkle in time where they may grow and bear fruit later.

Village is not a programmed game. It is richly tempered by the creative spirit of its players. This does not mean that there is no sequential plan in the scheduling of events, but it does mean that outcomes are dictated, as they are in real life, by unforeseen circumstances, confrontations with natural laws, fortuitous events, personality differences and creative imagination.

Announcements

MINI FAIR July 18th 3-6pm

July 12, 2024

Come and visit the PEEP town Minnisoda which has been imagined and created by a group of kids ages 8-12...

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Advance preview of Village documentary

July 9, 2024

Please join us Tuesday July 16th at 6pm at the Peterborough Community Movie Theater for a special advance showing of...

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New PEEP town in Nelson!

July 5, 2024

For four weeks this summer a group of 24 kids is playing the Game of Village in the Chalet Barn...

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Support PEEPS on NH Gives June 11-12

June 11, 2024

A small gift to a small project can have a huge impact! Please consider a donation to the Game of...

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Help clean up PEEP land – Saturday May 25th 9-11am

May 20, 2024

Our Village 24 summer camp in Nelson is fully enrolled! But the past winter was a rough one and left...

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Check out this new Village Documentary trailer

December 4, 2023

A feature-length documentary about The Game of Village will be coming out in 2024! Please check out this 11 minute...

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