Vancouver’s Translink transportation system developed a board game (source) / card game (source) called “It’s Your Move” to teach the public about the necessity of increased funding for their services.

Players are given a choice of no spending, resulting in drastic cuts in services, pace spending, to maintain the system, and increased spending, to “create a sustainable region”. For each area of service, such as bridges, buses, etc, they can choose to increase or decrease the amounts, paying for it with cards. The plan is couched in terms of giving the public a say as to where future spending should be made or cut in the services.

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Dicing for Bibles is a 330 year old tradition in St Ives. Dr Robert Wilde, a Puritan clergyman and poet, left money to his parish to purchase bibles for children, but the children wold have to win them by playing dice at the altar. (source)

According to this 2003 BBC article, the tradition is in danger of dying out. The Reverend James Pullen thinks its a pity that the tradition has attracted only a few children lately. Or rather, as he puts it, “That’s the bit I really want to revive – the vicar and the churchwardens get a nice meal out of it, including as much claret as they can drink.”

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