Always looking for novel and generative ways to explore shared and diverse cultural practices, Prof. Alison Kearney (JHB) collaborated with Ms. Tina Keck (Munich) and Dr Michaela Almog (Munich) to initiate an international Game Exchange between our students. Each of us asked our students to reflect on the games they played with other kids when they were young. Participating students were asked to draw the instructions for their games. We then shared all the instructions for the games across institutions. This was followed by a day of playing each other’s’ games. The event was great fun, and an opportunity for students to learn about each other, and shared cultural practices across continents. We learnt that the games we played reveal a lot about the prominent socio-cultural ideas of the time. The materials used to play the games showed how innovative and inventive kids are- even when all they have, to play with, are sticks and stones. We found more connections amongst us then differences, and discovered that culture is lived, and played. These are images of students in Johannesburg playing their games.