about

Hello. I'm Holly Gramazio. I live in London and work as lead game designer for Hide&Seek. I like writing and talking about things, especially games. I also like making cakes. If you want to talk to me about games or other things, do get in touch: email me at holly@severalbees.com.

current and upcoming projects

• Review!: the Game: cultural commentator roleplay
• The Boardgame Remix Kit: new games from old
• Their Questions Answered: answering rhetorical questions
• Wandsworth Stories: local history in the post
• The Sandpit: playing and testing new games
• Minor Delays: a short story for every tube station

games and events

• The Hide&Seek Weekender: pervasive games at the National Theatre
• Animation Decathlon: games on the walls of Kensington Town Hall
• Streetlight: projected lights and playful stories
• Space Station Dana: astronaut recruitment game
• Transplantations Tour: song and dance among the trees
• True or False: duplicitous tour guides in Chelsea
• Hide and Seek Sandpit: two days of fun and games
• Trap Street: a collaborative map of lies
• Bees: hunting for pollen
• Hunting for Treasure: time-travel treasure hunt
• Arcade Stories: hidden messages in expert reports
• The Rubbish Game: recycling in the Dana Centre
• Thoughtcrime: you can read their thoughts
• Soho Stag Hunt: a live stag hunt with balloons
• Other games: bits and pieces: hunt cake, eat asparagus

writing

• 16 Across: crossword stories about Adelaide
• Raspberry Debacle: food blog, currently on hiatus
• Clockers: clockpunk Hackers parody

useless things

• The Evening Standard Headline Generator: ROYAL CHICKENS TO BE LEGAL.
• The Shakespeare Quote Generator: neither a borrower nor a squirrel be.
• The Mechanical Contrivium: auto-generated trivia is only six percent water
• The Christmas Song Generator: may all your Christmases be kumquat
• What Poetry Form Are You?: surely you want to know

personal things

• A Twitter account: mostly about blackbirds
• A Flickr account: museums and slightly amusing signs
• A del.icio.us account: games and recipes
• A boardgamegeek account: disliking chess
• A livejournal: updated approximately annually