Turf is a strategy game and would-be art piece, where the board was the freshman quad, each building was a team, every student could be a player, and trees flew with banners reflecting the state of the game. The power of Turf is the very real strategy meetings, parties, communication networks, government structures, friendships, alliances and betrayals that emerge over the course of the game. This game is important because it brings together members of meaningful, already existing social groups, in the real world.