[LUM#8] Game, you, he
This former management student has invented a card game like no other. A game that encourages creativity, imagination and cooperation. 54 illustrated cards for knitting stories, designed to be used by as many people as possible, with or without disabilities.
"Together: imagine, play, learn". This is the motto of the Triq'O association founded by Thomas Lario. How did a Master's 2 in management control lead the former student of the Faculty of Economic and Social Administration to invest in the world of games? Management control isn't just about numbers," answers Thomas Lario. It's not an activity that's at odds with creativity, contrary to popular belief.
Together with his wife, a specialist teacher, the management controller came up with a deck of 54 illustrated cards that can be used to play classic games, but also offering many other possibilities. " Hearts represent characters, spades places, diamonds events and clubs objects or actions ". By drawing cards at random, each player creates a combination from which to invent a story, or rather "knit" a story.
Stimulating the imagination
" Triq'O is also particularly aimed at children and adults with disabilities or difficulties in expressing themselves. The aim is to stimulate the imagination," explains Thomas Lario. 700 games have already been distributed in the Hérault region for hospitalized children. " The game is used by schools, speech therapists and teachers of French as a foreign language. It has also been distributed to children at the University leisure center .
The association plays an active role in funding medical research into Marfan syndrome, a rare genetic disorder affecting the founder of Triq'O. " I've benefited from a lot of care and attention, and creating this association was also a way for me to give back what I've received ". To raise funds, Triq'O is multiplying its solidarity initiatives. " For example, the "l'imaginaire n'est pas malade" challenge, with the support of university sports and the volleyball family, enables us to make donations to the Marfan association ," explains Thomas Lario.
Buoyed by these successes, the Triq'O association is already thinking of extending its range of games, with a Triq'O lotto version in the pipeline. " We want to create an intergenerational link by getting the elderly and children to play together ". It's a great project for Thomas Lario, who is putting his motto into action: " There's no goal too high, only steps too high ".
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