THE GAMES
Traditional folded games
Ddakji (Korea)
Hit and flip traditional Korean folded game that even today raises passions.
Kamisumo (Japan)
Irresistibly funny traditional Japanese folded game inspired by the
sumo wrestlers.
You can learn to fold this game and how to play with my first tutorial in
YouTube.
Patacons (Catalonia)
This traditional Catalan game pieces were done by children using waste playing cards. They can be used to play many games and were in former times also a children's currency of exchange.
Origami versions of non folded games
Tangram
This folded version of the traditional Chinese game was created by
Francis Ow.
You will find the diagrams of this set at his
website.
Origami Spiral Slinky
Gay Merrill Gross created this origami version of the slinky toy using an existing origami modular model created by Laura Kruskal and using it in a differnt way.
Puzzle for Nathanael
This lovely origami version of the popular puzzle patented by Edwin L. Thurston in 1892 was created by Mick Guy.
New games with existing origami models
Let’s go fishing!
A fishing pole game with a traditional origami model of a fish. A hidden clip permits fishing with a magnet hook.
Grabbing Crows
Will you be the fastest crow to collect the chickpeas with the beak? The origami crow is a model by Makoto Yamaguchi, the basket author is unknown.
Origami games created by modern authors
Versatile Puzzle
Challenging origami puzzle created by Mick Guy.
Origami Marble Maze
Put one or more marbles at the top of the maze and see how they are going down zigzags.
Game created by Jeremy Shafer, he teach you how to fold it in this
Youtube tutorial.
Games to learn origami
Trimemory
A memory-inspired game to learn to put in relation a folded base, its crease pattern and a model folded with this base. Created by Coral Romà.
Goose Game Multiform
This board game, inspired by the traditional Goose Game, was created by Coral Romà as a funny way to approach learning the manipulations of the Multiform, a family of traditional realted origami models.
The Freckle Game
A game designed by Joan Sallas to learn to identify, locate and name accurately various parts and places of a square piece of paper.