OH Cards

"The OH Cards are an unbound book of endless pages that leads us into new adventures every time we open it..." This is the introduction to the instructions for this unusual deck by Ely Raman. The OH Cards are a set of 88 larger word cards and 88 smaller picture cards. The cards are designed so the picture cards fit into a box in the center of the word cards. The effect is to frame the picture with a variety of possible keyword meanings. For example, a two-person race takes on a different dimension when surrounded by "Dream" vs. "Compulsion." The OH Cards can be used in many ways: to tell stories, stimulate the imagination, encourage communication and foster self-awareness. The instructions describe different games that can be played. For Intro-Spect-Oh, each player draws one picture and one word card at random, face down. When it's your turn, you look at your cards and then share spontaneously what the combintion means to you in a specific, non-literal and imaginative way. Players are encouraged to follow the "rules" of OH card sharing: to honor privacy and avoid interrupting, re-interpreting or arguing. There is a separate companion book for this deck called The Power of OH: A Path to Growth, Insight, and Appreciation of Self and Others.

Set

Number of
Cards Size Copyright Card Back
Design

176
88 word cards
88 picture cards
Word cards
3 1/2"
x
4 1/2"
Picture cards
2 1/2"
x
3 1/2"
1988 [back design]

Set
Number of Cards	Size	Copyright	Card Back Design
176 88 word cards 88 picture cards	Word cards 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" Picture cards 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"	1988

Companion Book

Title Author Size Number of
Pages Copyright Cover

The Power
of OH Adam
Bourgeois 6 1/8"
x
9" 189 2000 [cover]

Companion Book
Title	Author	Size	Number of Pages	Copyright	Cover
The Power of OH	Adam Bourgeois	6 1/8" x 9"	189	2000

Language of Card Titles: English

Also Included: instruction sheet (4 pages), 2 blank cards

Word Cards:
Affection, Alone, Anger, Anxiety, Apology, Appearance, Attack, Attractive,
Beginning, Boast, Boredom, Boss, Change, Child, Comic, Compulsion, Conform,
Confusion, Cycle, Danger, Depend, Destroy, Disgrace, Dislike, Dream,
Eliminate, Embarrass, Erotic, Expert, Fail, Fascination, Father, Fear, Firm,
Game, Give, Go, Grief, Guilt, Habit, Hate, Hesitation, Hide, Home, Holding On,
Homosexual, Hope, Humiliate, Joy, Intimidate, Laughter, Letting Go, Lie, Love,
Men, Mother, Naked, Owe, Pain, Posture, Power-Play, Resent, Resist, Retreat,
Rigid, Rival, Rot, Self-Defeating, Shame, Share, Should, Slave, Stop,
Strangers, Stupid, Success, Suppress, Take, Threat, Ugly, Victim, Violate,
Wait, Weary, Wise, Women, Wonderful, Wrong

Suit Names: no suits

Court Cards: no court cards

SAMPLE CARD IMAGES:

[Page of Swords] [3 of Cups] [Hanged Man]

[Hanged Man]