Students initially conducted research on a wide variety of Brazilian traditional games.  Twelve games in total were chosen and analyzed for cultural and technical components of game play. Students then developed a physical "penny arcade" interpretation of the games which sought to identify and re-envision one or two salient qualities of culture or game play. These games were, with limited exception, purely physical and mechanical in game play, and students were limited in both time and materials in order to facilitate their focus on specific game elements. Many of these games informed the larger re-envisioned projects.