The Original No Props Book
The front cover featured here (above or at right) is the original No Props book, written by Mark Collard in 1996.
It was a simple 60-page monograph and shared (only) 25 highly successful interactive group games that used no equipment whatsoever.
Published by Project Adventure Australia, it was written to form part of a national competition pack produced by Uncle Tobys (a major cereal manufacturer) that was sent to every school in Australia to promote a series of sporting camps it was sponsoring.
There are approx 10,000 primary and secondary schools in Australia, so this first edition No Props book quickly became one of the most successful activity books in the country.
No Props 2.0
The success of the original No Props book led Project Adventure (USA) to publish an expanded No Props: Great Games with No Equipment in 2005 (out of print), featuring 140+ interactive group games & activities, again written by Mark.
Next to Silver Bullets – the iconic adventure programming book written by Karl Rohnke – this edition of No Props became Project Adventure’s second-best-selling publication.
No Props No Problem
The book was thoroughly rewritten and slightly renamed in 2018 to No Props No Problem: 150+ Outrageously Fun Group Games & Activities using No Equipment.
It was the first to be self-published by Mark (playmeo.)
This latest edition swapped a bunch of ‘old’ activities with many new ideas, and added the technology of QR codes to every one of them to allow readers to access tons of premium content as featured on playmeo’s activity database.
No Props No Problem remains the only edition still in print and is sold by many outlets, including playmeo and Amazon.
See All Three No Props Books Together
Enjoy this short explanatory video showcasing each of the three No Props books that have been published over the years, as narrated by the author.
