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==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
This phase is pretty free. The players use pens, pencils, chalk, etc., to decorate the collage and they choose how they want to do that. For online versions, Mural and similar platforms have functions to import pictures, to place shapes and use different colours. The basic instructions are:  
This phase is pretty free. The players use pens, pencils, chalk, etc., to decorate the collage and they choose how they want to do that. For online versions, Mural and similar platforms have functions to import pictures, to place shapes and use different colours. The basic instructions are:  
*To find a '''title''' for their Collage
*To find a '''title''' for their collage
*To '''reposition''' the cards to make the Collage easier to read
*To '''reposition''' the cards to make the collage easier to read
*To '''trace over the lines''' with permanent pens.
*To '''trace over the lines''' with permanent pens.


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Quite often, the players, and sometimes even the facilitators, do not immediately understand the purpose of this phase and find it difficult to find that this phase is of no interest and have difficulty launching it. However, the creative phase allows the group:
Quite often, the players, and sometimes even the facilitators, do not immediately understand the purpose of this phase and find it difficult to find that this phase is of no interest and have difficulty launching it. However, the creative phase allows the group:


* Over a few minutes, to walk through the Collage again and emphasize certain aspects by drawing thicker lines or different coloured arrows
* Over a few minutes, to walk through the collage again and emphasize certain aspects by drawing thicker lines or different coloured arrows


* To take a step back: during an hour and a half, the players were immersed in science. The creative phase calls upon a different part of the brain and enables them the see their Collage through a different lens.  
* To take a step back: during an hour and a half, the players were immersed in science. The creative phase calls upon a different part of the brain and enables them the see their collage through a different lens.
* To create something unique and beautiful that they can take away with them (either the Collage itself or a photo of it).
* To create something unique and beautiful that they can take away with them (either the collage itself or a photo of it).
* To memorise certain aspects: if a participant spends time adding a drawing relating to a card (e.g. a chimney for industry, a bee for transport), they will much better memorize the facts around this card.
* To memorise certain aspects: if a participant spends time adding a drawing relating to a card (e.g. a chimney for industry, a bee for transport), they will much better memorize the facts around this card.


==Facilitation advice==
==Facilitation advice==
===Facilitating several tables at once===
===Facilitating several tables at once===
If you are facilitating several tables at once, you can choose to start a kind of competition for the best Collage between the players. We sometimes hear the objection that bringing competition into the game is not in the spirit of the Collage that encourages cooperation and solidarity to save the planet. This is up to you to decide.  
If you are facilitating several tables at once, you can choose to start a kind of competition for the best collage between the players. We sometimes hear the objection that bringing competition into the game is not in the spirit of the collage that encourages cooperation and solidarity to save the planet. This is up to you to decide.  


===Getting the players started ===
===Getting the players started ===
Sometimes the players find it difficult to engage with the creative phase, although it provides the opportunity to take a step back. They can be shocked by the final cards of the Collage and can need a moment to process what they have seen. Once they have had a few minutes, do not hesitate to give them a pen and ask them to fill in some arrows. This should get them started.  
Sometimes the players find it difficult to engage with the creative phase, although it provides the opportunity to take a step back. They can be shocked by the final cards of the collage and can need a moment to process what they have seen. Once they have had a few minutes, do not hesitate to give them a pen and ask them to fill in some arrows. This should get them started.  


===Choosing a title===
===Choosing a title===
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